| Autor: |
Mansalis KA; Department of Family Medicine, David Grant Medical Center, Travis AFB, California 94535, USA. katherine.mansalis@us.af.mil, Klein DA, Demartini SD, Powers JF, Danielson DS |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Zdroj: |
Amyloid : the international journal of experimental and clinical investigation : the official journal of the International Society of Amyloidosis [Amyloid] 2011 Mar; Vol. 18 (1), pp. 29-31. Date of Electronic Publication: 2011 Jan 19. |
| DOI: |
10.3109/13506129.2010.537156 |
| Abstrakt: |
Persistent pleural effusions (PPE) occur in 1-2% of cases of systemic amyloidosis and have been postulated to result from direct disruption of the pleura by amyloid deposits. Patients are typically treated with percutaneous pleural drainage techniques. Pleural biopsies, done most commonly via percutaneous techniques, are infrequently obtained. The macroscopic and histologic pleural findings identified via video assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) for these patients are lacking in the literature. In this case, we present the macroscopic and microscopic pleural findings in a patient who had VATS for the aetiologic diagnosis of PPE. The diagnosis of systemic amyloidosis was made from histologic analysis of the pleural biopsy. |
| Databáze: |
MEDLINE |
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