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DIAGNOSTIC UTILITY OF THORACOSCOPY IN UNDIAGNOSED AND MISDIAGNOSED PLEURAL EFFUSION AT A TERTIARY CARE CENTRE

Authors :
Gauri Goswami
Lalit Singh
Yatin Mehta
Source :
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH. :31-33
Publication Year :
2022
Publisher :
World Wide Journals, 2022.

Abstract

Background Pleural effusion results from accumulation of abnormal volumes ->( 10-20) ml of uid in pleural space . Signicant number of cases of pleural effusion remains undiagnosed after simple diagnostic pleural aspiration. Thoracoscopy allows direct visual assessment of the pleura and subsequent biopsy of visually abnormal areas, hence maximising diagnostic yield. A retrospective study of all Thoracoscopic Methods procedure performed with rigid and semi- rigid scope in patients admitted in Respiratory department of SRMS, Bareilly. Post-procedural diagnoses were obtained from the clinical records and using relevant hospital databases. A total of 40 patients underwent Thoracoscopy in Results time span of 2020-2021 to diagnose a wide spectrum of benign and malignant conditions. The diagnosis of 23 malignant conditions - 13 Adeno Carcinoma, 3 Non – small cell carcinoma and 7 cases of other malignancies , along with 17 benign cases were made . Conclusion Thoracoscopy can be used as a diagnostic tool for investigation of various pathologies of undiagnosed pleural effusion . In our study the sensitivity of thoracoscopy was more than 90%

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Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH
Accession number :
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