Open AccessPleural effusion: Role of pleural fluid cytology, adenosine deaminase level, and pleural biopsy in diagnosis
Author(s) -
Biswajit Biswas,
Sudershan Sharma,
R. S. Negi,
Neelam Gupta,
Virender M.S. Jaswal,
Narsimhalu Niranjan
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of cytology/journal of cytology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.267
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 0974-5165
pISSN - 0970-9371
DOI - 10.4103/0970-9371.188062
Subject(s) - medicine , malignancy , pleural fluid , pleural effusion , biopsy , adenosine deaminase , tuberculosis , cytology , radiology , lesion , pathology , adenosine
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.