pleural effusion biopsy
Typically transudate pleural effusion is more easily treatable. The biopsy is done to look for infection cancer or another condition. Pleural Effusion Pleural Effusion Nurse Quotes Thorax The present study is designed to evaluate the role of pleural fluid analysis in diagnosing pleural diseases and to study the advantages and disadvantages of thoracocentasis and pleural biopsy. . Pleural biopsy can diagnose tuberculosis cancer and other diseases. Pleural effusion is a buildup of fluid in the chest or on the lungs. However 40 of pleural effusions remain undiagnosed after an initial thoracocentesis. Usually a biopsy is taken using keyhole surgery with you fully asleep the surgery takes about 45 to 60 minutes. If this type of pleural biopsy is not enough to make a diagnosis you may need a surgical biopsy of the pleura. Of 154 patients with undiagnosed exudative pleural effusion 113 7337 underwent pleural biopsy and drainage w