Role of common investigations in aetiological evaluation of exudative pleural effusions

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2223-2226

  Maji, Arnab ^a   Maikap, Malay Kumar ^a   Jash, Debraj ^b   Saha, Kaushik ^a   Kundu, Abhijit ^a   Saha, Debabrata ^a   Banerjee, Sourindranath ^a   Patra, Anupam ^a  

^a NRS MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b BURDWAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Bronchoscopy; Exudative; Investigations; Malignancy; Pleural biopsy; Pleural effusion; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; BRONCHOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMPYEMA; EXUDATE; FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION BIOPSY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INDIA; LUNG CARCINOMA; LUNG HEMORRHAGE; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PANCREATITIS; PLEURA BIOPSY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA FLUID; PNEUMOTHORAX; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SPUTUM EXAMINATION; SPUTUM SMEAR; THORACOSCOPY; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84885203496     PISSN: 2249782X     EISSN: 0973709X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7860/JCDR/2013/6738.3476     Document Type: Article

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