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Purpose The usefulness of a panel of tumour markers and clinical-radiological criteria for diagnosing malignant pleural effusion (MPE) is not clearly stated. Our purpose was to assess the performance of those parameters in the diagnosis of MPE. Methods Consecutive patients with exudative PE were enrolled and divided into two groups: MPE and non-MPE. Logistic regression analysis was used to estimate...
The determination of pleural fluid triglycerides (PF-TRIG) is useful in the diagnosis of chylothorax, but its diagnostic value for other causes of pleural effusions is unknown. The aim of this study was to evaluate the usefulness of PF-TRIG in the diagnosis of other pleural effusions and investigate the origin of their increase in these fluids. We studied 390 pleural effusions (75 tuberculous, 107...
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