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Post-traumatic pleural effusion: demonstration of local complement consumption.
Post-traumatic pleural effusion: demonstration of local complement consumption.
- Source :
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Respiratory medicine [Respir Med] 1997 Jul; Vol. 91 (6), pp. 373-5. - Publication Year :
- 1997
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Abstract
- The present case report describes a 27-year-old patient who presented with post-traumatic pleural effusion. Analysis of the pleural fluid showed hypereosinophilia (990 mm-3), a decreased level of total complement, and decreased levels of C3 and C4 fractions (less than 50% of normal serum levels), indicating a local consumption mechanism for complement. Complement serum levels (CH50, C3, C4) were normal. All other aetiologic possibilities were eliminated. This case suggests that the immunopathological mechanism of post-traumatic pleural effusion may involve activation of the classical pathway of complement and a recruitment of inflammatory cells such as eosinophils.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0954-6111
- Volume :
- 91
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Respiratory medicine
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 9282241
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0954-6111(97)90065-2