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989808

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
19
pubmed:dateCreated
1976-12-30
pubmed:abstractText
The cause of pleural effusion in 108 of 133 patients was determined by laboratory tests and clinical examination; it was indeterminate in 25, even after complete diagnostic evaluation. In 164 diagnostic thoracenteses, 136 cytologic examinations were done; the results were positive for cancer in 20 (15%). Five of 19 patients (26%) with bronchogenic cancer, 13 of 25 (52%) with metastatic cancer of the lung, and two of 20 (10%) with lymphoma had positive results on cytologic examination. Of 143 routine bacterial cultures, only five were positive (3%). Of 103 mycobacterial and 76 fungal cultures, only one was positive in each instance. Despite the high incidence of indeterminate diagnoses, we recommend that only measurement of protein content and cytologic examination be ordered routinely. Our algorithm provides a logical, cost-effective approach to the diagnostic problem of pleural effusion.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0098-7484
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
8
pubmed:volume
236
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
2183-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1976
pubmed:articleTitle
Pleural effusion. A diagnostic dilemma.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article