Efficacy of pleural brush cytology in the diagnosis of pleural diseases

Background: The accurate diagnosis of pleural effusion remains a challenging clinical problem. Medical thoracoscopy has an established role in achieving the etiology of pleural effusion. Pleural biopsies provide us with best results, but if cytological results can be shown to give concordant results...

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Main Authors: Rakhee Sodhi Khanduri, Varuna Jethani, Sanjeev Kumar, Girish Sindhwani, Smita Chandra, Suchita Pant
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2019-01-01
Series:Indian Journal of Respiratory Care
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Online Access:http://www.ijrconline.org/article.asp?issn=2277-9019;year=2019;volume=8;issue=2;spage=76;epage=79;aulast=Khanduri