Pleural thickening
Pleural thickening on screening chest X-rays: a single institutional study
... without pleural thickening (p < ...and pleural thickening revealed that underweight individuals (BMI < ...of pleural thickening, which was approximately 4% in both males ...
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Clinical consequences of asbestos-related diffuse pleural thickening: A review
... than pleural plaques ...circumferential pleural thickening (> 1 cm) with nodularity and irregular- ity of pleural contour as well as infiltration of the chest wall or diaphragm and ...
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Complications and residual pleural thickening after intrapleural instillation of streptokinase with pigtail catheter drainage of tuberculous pleural effusion
... patients with tuberculous effusion were divided into two groups. Thirty patients received pigtail drainage along with anti-tubercular treatment and thirty-one patients received only anti tubercular treatment. At the end ...
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Idiopathic pleuroparenchymal fibroelastosis: consideration of a clinicopathological entity in a series of Japanese patients
... The clinical presentation and the findings of the lung function tests were characteristic of restrictive interstitial lung disease. Radiological features were also characteris- tic, including intense pleural ...
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Epithelial to Mesenchymal Transition of Mesothelial Cells in Tuberculous Pleurisy
... showed pleural thick- ening on their chest radiographs at the end of the treatment, but all patients with the second phenotype did not show remnant pleural ...
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Mediastinal teratoma presenting with hemoptysis and pleuritis misdiagnosed as tuberculosis (empyema)
... Case presentation: We present three pediatric patients presenting predominantly with recurrent hemoptysis and/or chest pain who were ultimately diagnosed with mediastinal teratoma containing pancreatic tissue. All three ...
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Pseudochylothorax Combined with Spontaneous Pneumothorax: Case Report of a Rare Complication of Rheumatoid Arthritis
... case, pleural fluid biochemical features and the patient’s past of tuberculosis and smoking habits raised suspicion for tuberculosis relapse or ...until pleural infection was ruled out. The negative ...
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Original Article High-resolution computed tomography features of Pneumocystis jirovecii infection in patients with renal transplant
... Abstract: Objective: To describe the radiological and clinical features of Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PJP) infection in patients who underwent renal transplantation. Subjects and methods: This retrospective ...
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The management of benign non-infective pleural effusions
... of pleural effusions [13]. Pleural appearances seen on computed tomography (CT) in patients with non-malignant disease may be more subtle than in those with malignant ...of pleural effusions and ...
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Asbestos-related pleural and lung fibrosis in patients with retroperitoneal fibrosis
... diffuse pleural thickening or visceral pleural fibrosis is much more widespread and usually extends into the costophrenic angles ...[10-12]. Pleural plaques were diagnosed as sharply defined ...
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Can malignant and inflammatory pleural effusions in dogs be distinguished using computed tomography
... management of malignant effusion with implantable vascular access ports in dogs.. Examples of diffuse pleural thickening. A) Slight diffuse thickening of the parietal 381. pleura (arrow[r] ...
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Pulmonary Silicosis Presents with Pleural Effusion
... and pleural thickening. Pleural effusion is an extremely rare presentation of ...with pleural effusion reported in medical ...bilateral pleural thickening and ...bilateral ...
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Asymptomatic primary tuberculous pleurisy with intense 18 fluorodeoxyglucose uptake mimicking malignant mesothelioma
... pleural diseases. The uptake of FDG was intense in all cases of mesothelioma and neoplastic pleurisy associated with primary lung cancer. In contrast, FDG PET/CT im- aging revealed an absence of FDG uptake within ...
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Bowel wall thickening at CT: simplifying the diagnosis
... When the ischaemic bowel wall is thickened, it may present with one or more of the three above-mentioned attenuation patterns referred [3, 5, 23]. The stratified pat- tern of attenuation may be an early finding of bowel ...
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INVESTIGATIONS ON THINNING AND THICKENING LINEAR ARRAYS
... In view of the above facts, intensive studies are carried out to investigate linear arrays with gradual thickening as well as gradual thinning. The patterns are numerically evaluated for different arrays and the ...
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Rennard Thickening and Reflocculation Mini-Plant.pdf
... Key Learnings Summary • Feed samples, placed in a settling column, are the most rapid way to troubleshoot the thickener and optimize flocculant dosage 1-2 minute response • Second stage [r] ...
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The crazy-paving pattern: a radiological-pathological correlation
... material, thickening of the alveolar walls or thickening of the ...a thickening of the interlobular septa (septal lines), a thickening of the intralobular septa and the intralobular ...
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Efficacy of Total Pleural fluid Bilirubin and ratio to serum levels , Pleural fluid Cholesterol and Total Protein level in diagnosing Pleural Effusion Exudates and Transudates and its correlation with Light’s criteria
... Light's criteria identify approximately 20% of transudative effusions as exudates. This mislabeling occurs most commonly in patients with CHF. When they are treated with diuretics before thoracentesis is performed. These ...
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Pleural Fluid CA-125 in Patients with Pleural Effusion
... Materials and Methods: twenty-seven TB patients (18 men and 9 women), with the mean (±SD) age of 37.3 ± 13.9 yrs. and 23 patients affected by malignant tumors (16 men and 7 women) with the mean ( ± SD) age of 57.9 ± 17.7 ...
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Case Report An 88-year-old man with MDS/MPN-RS-T accompanied by unexplained repeated pleural effusion
... pitalization, supportive care like transfusion and drainage procedure for pleural effusion using indwelling pleural catheters was provid- ed. Similar to lower risk MDS, the use of eryth- ropoiesis ...
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