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ArticleRespirology case reports2026

Dark Streaks and Yellow Exudates: Pleuroscopic Clues in Recurrent Post-Traumatic Pleural Effusion.

Ali Gohar, Hafiz Muhammad Faisal Nadeem, Rabbia Abbas, Romaisa Qamar, Abida Bashir, Muhammad Husnain Ahmad

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6 authors.

Ali GoharDepartment of Pulmonology and Sleep Medicine Lahore General Hospital Lahore Punjab Pakistan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7357-1977
Hafiz Muhammad Faisal NadeemDepartment of Pulmonology and Sleep Medicine Lahore General Hospital Lahore Punjab Pakistan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0004-8364-4027
Rabbia AbbasDepartment of Pulmonology and Sleep Medicine Lahore General Hospital Lahore Punjab Pakistan.
Romaisa QamarDepartment of Medicine University Medical and Dental College Faisalabad Punjab Pakistan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0001-9950-2478
Abida BashirDepartment of Pulmonology and Sleep Medicine Lahore General Hospital Lahore Punjab Pakistan.
Muhammad Husnain AhmadS Tentishev Asian Medical Institute Kant Kyrgyzstan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0006-5248-0749

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Thoracic splenosis is a well-documented yet clinically elusive sequela of combined splenic rupture and diaphragmatic trauma, classically presenting years after initial injury as unexplained pleural effusions or dark hypervascular pleural nodules. This case illustrates a critical diagnostic pitfall: small superficial forceps biopsies of suspected ectopic splenomas routinely harvest only the reactive fibrous capsule, yielding non-specific inflammatory histology that can obscure unconfirmed thoracic splenosis while requiring careful differentiation from tuberculous pleuritis and pleural malignancy.

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fibrinopurulent exudatehemorrhagic pleural effusionmedical thoracoscopypleuroscopythoracic splenosistuberculous pleuritis

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PMID42798556
PMCPMC13612377

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