ArticleAnnals of thoracic medicine
Medical thoracoscopy for tuberculous pleurisy: A retrospective analysis of 575 cases.
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- Tuberculous pleural effusion: integrating thoracic ultrasound and medical thoracoscopy in the diagnosis and management: a pictorial narrative review and an algorithm proposal.Journal of ultrasound · 2026Review
- Diagnostic utility of various gross thoracoscopic appearances in tuberculous pleural effusion and their correlation with microbiological and histopathological findings - a hospital-based prospective observational cross-sectional study.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2026Article
- Comparative diagnostic efficacy of ultrasound-guided, medical thoracoscopic, and blind pleural biopsy in tuberculous pleurisy.Journal of thoracic disease · 2025Article
- Single-centre observational study of the safety and efficacy of thoracoscopy under local anaesthesia for the management of thoracic infections.BMC research notes · 2024Observational
- Acute Presentation of Tuberculosis Empyema in a Healthy Adolescent.The American journal of case reports · 2023Article
- Use of T-SPOT.TB for the diagnosis of unconventional pleural tuberculosis is superior to ADA in high prevalence areas: a prospective analysis of 601 cases.BMC infectious diseases · 2021Article
- Efficacy and safety of semi-flexible thoracoscopic cryobiopsy in the diagnosis of elderly tuberculous pleurisy.Respiratory medicine case reports · 2020Article
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Abstract
objectiveThe objective of this retrospective study was to assess the efficacy of medical thoracoscopy in diagnosing of tuberculous pleurisy and characterize tuberculous pleurisy with medical thoracoscopy.
methodsA total of 575 patients with tuberculous pleurisy who underwent medical thoracoscopy were included in the study. Demographic data, clinical manifestations, and routine and biochemical tests on pleural fluid, cultures of pleural fluid, sputum, and pleural biopsy for the detection of
resultsSputum, pleural fluid, and pleural biopsy cultures were positive for
conclusionMedical thoracoscopy is effective for diagnosing tuberculous pleurisy. Younger patients with tuberculous pleurisy have a higher number of positive TB tests in the pleural cavity, are more likely to have granuloma in pleural biopsy specimens, and have higher ADA levels in the pleural fluid.
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