Clinical characteristics and pleural biopsy values in pleural effusion patients treated Respiratory Department of Bach Mai Hospital from March 2002 to September 2003
- Author:
Ngo Quy Chau
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
pleural effusion, pleural biopsy
- MeSH:
Diagnosis;
Biopsy;
Pleural Effusion;
Therapeutics
- From:Journal of Practical Medicine
2004;474(3):43-46
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
221 patients with pleural effusion were treated in Bach Mai hospital from March 2002 to August 2003 were studied retrospectively in a cross-sectional investigation. Their 134 cases (60.6%) were tuberculosis plural effusion, 66 cases were pleural cancer and 17 cases (82.1%) undetermined. The common symptoms were cough, chest pain, dyspnoea and “3 reduce symdrome”, fever in 82.1% of tuberculosis pleural effusion. Biosy had determined the tuberculosis in 48.8% of cancer, cancer 19.4%, chronical inflammatory 31.9%. Pleural biopsy had got the sensitivity (Se)= 75% and specificity Sp = 97%. Biopsy in diagnosis of tuberculosis pleural effusion led to mild complication in 10% of patients
