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  The value of exfoliative cell cytology in the diagnosis of exudative pleural effusions

  Cuneyt Tetikkurt, Nail Yılmaz, Seza Tetikkurt, Şule Gundogdu, Rian Disci

  2018-09-11

  https://doi.org/10.4081/monaldi.2018.944

  2960

  Downloads: 1452

• Effusion under the microscope

  S.G. Chong, Z. Chauhan, E. Di Nino, A.O. Brien, B.P Casserly

  2015-12-03

  https://doi.org/10.4081/monaldi.2012.166

  1478

  Downloads: 712

• Malignant melanoma presenting as an isolated pleural effusion

  M. Shameem, J. Akhtar, U. Baneen, N. Ahmad Khan, R. Bhargava, Z. Ahmed, M. Shahid, M. Azfar Siddiqui

  2015-12-10

  https://doi.org/10.4081/monaldi.2011.228

  2027

  Downloads: 803

• Practical management of pleural empyema

  G.F. Tassi, G.P. Marchetti, V. Pinelli, S. Chiari

  2016-01-19

  https://doi.org/10.4081/monaldi.2010.296

  4365

  Downloads: 2111

• Pleural Mesothelioma in a young male patient

  A. Voulgaridis, V. Apollonatou, D. Lykouras, A. Giannopoulos, M. Iliopoulou, K. Karkoulias, P. Kraniotis, C. Prokakis, M. Gkermpesi, K. Spiropoulos

  2015-11-25

  https://doi.org/10.4081/monaldi.2013.100

  1849

  Downloads: 1131
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  Role of CRP as a marker for discrimination of exudative and transudative pleural effusion

  Omid Rismantab, Seyed Aili Javad Moosavi, Mohammad Reza Farahnak, Maryam Dastoorpoor, Hanieh Raji

  2022-03-14

  https://doi.org/10.4081/monaldi.2022.2059

  2631

  Downloads: 850

• The relation of the pleural thickening in tuberculosis pleurisy with the activity of adenosine deaminase

  B. Uskul, H. Turker, C. Ulman, M. Ertugrul, A. Selvi, A. Kant, S. Arslan, M. Ozgel

  2005-06-30

  https://doi.org/10.4081/monaldi.2005.646

  1693

  Downloads: 728

• Hyaluronic acid levels are increased in complicated parapneumonic pleural effusions

  T. Zaga, D. Makris, I. Tsilioni, T. Kiropoulos, S. Oikonomidi, A. Damianos, K.I. Gourgoulianis

  2015-12-10

  https://doi.org/10.4081/monaldi.2011.217

  1398

  Downloads: 749

• Pleurodesis in the treatment of pneumothorax and pleural effusion

  P.M. Rodríguez Suárez, J.L. Freixinet Gilart

  2015-11-25

  https://doi.org/10.4081/monaldi.2013.96

  4485

  Downloads: 2596

• Diagnostic yield of thoracoscopic pleural biopsy in undiagnosed exudative pleural effusion and comparative analysis of pleural fluid adenosine deaminase levels

  Deepak Sharma, Sachin Kumar, Ved Prakash, Mohammad Arif, Anurag Tripathi, Shubhra Srivastava, Hemant Kumar, Mrityunjaya Singh, Harshita Mishra

  2026-08-25

  https://doi.org/10.4081/monaldi.2026.3910

  161

  Downloads: 134

• The role of medical thoracoscopy in the diagnosis of exudative lymphocytic pleural effusions: an observational study

  Pradeep Naik G, Swathi Karanth MP, Aravind Ram, Akshata JS, Raghu BP, Nagaraja C

  2025-03-20

  https://doi.org/10.4081/monaldi.2025.3233

  2447

  Downloads: 728

• Sensitivity of GeneXpert in pleural biopsy specimens in diagnosing tuberculosis in undiagnosed exudative pleural effusion

  Mohammad Arif, Hemant Kumar, Ved Prakash, Vineeta Mittal, Mrityunjaya Singh, Saumya Shukla, Anurag Tripathi, Ajay Kumar Verma

  2026-01-22

  https://doi.org/10.4081/monaldi.2026.3641

  1843

  Downloads: 466

• Osteophytes may be a rare cause of recurrent pleural effusions

  K. Psathakis, V. Skouras, F. Chatzivassiloglou, K. Tsintiris

  2015-11-25

  https://doi.org/10.4081/monaldi.2013.97

  2237

  Downloads: 788

• Diagnostic yield and etiological spectrum of medical thoracoscopy-guided pleural biopsy in various exudative pleural effusions: experience from a rural tertiary center in north India

  Somnath Bhattacharya, Prashant Yadav, Adesh Kumar

  2026-09-09

  https://doi.org/10.4081/monaldi.2026.4073

  99

  Downloads: 95

• Comparative study between ultrasound-guided closed pleural biopsy and thoracoscopic pleural biopsy in undiagnosed exudative pleural effusions

  Sreyas Sharma, Nitesh Gupta, Pranav Ish, Rajnish Kaushik, Neeraj Kumar Gupta, Tanmaya Talukdar, Rohit Kumar

  2025-03-18

  https://doi.org/10.4081/monaldi.2025.3361

  2285

  Downloads: 711
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  Diagnostic accuracy of semirigid thoracoscopy in exudative pleural effusions and relationship of thoracoscopic findings with probability of malignant diagnosis

  Ashok Kuwal, Manish Advani, Naveen Dutt, Seemant Saini, Surjit Singh

  2021-05-26

  https://doi.org/10.4081/monaldi.2021.1554

  2108

  Downloads: 1471

• Pleural tuberculosis

  B. Chakrabarti, P.D.O. Davies

  2016-02-15

  https://doi.org/10.4081/monaldi.2006.582

  3414

  Downloads: 1625

• Efficacy of povidone-iodine as an effective pleurodesing agent: an experience from a teaching hospital

  Hasnain Mahboob, Talha Mahmud

  2024-12-18

  https://doi.org/10.4081/monaldi.2024.3197

  2656

  Downloads: 807

• Diagnostic accuracy of cancer ratio and other new parameters in differentiating malignant from benign pleural effusions

  Narendra Kumar Narahari, Nandini Ravula, Rakesh Kodati, Shantveer G Uppin, Saibaba KSS, Bhaskar Kakarla, Paramjyothi Gongati

  2024-12-06

  https://doi.org/10.4081/monaldi.2024.3131

  1642

  Downloads: 757

• Diagnostic predictors of tuberculosis in exudative pleural effusion patients with intermediate adenosine deaminase values: a retrospective diagnostic prediction model study

  Gautam Prem, Dimple Kumar Bhaglani, R. S. Negi, Surya Tej P V, Himmat Singh Pannu

  2026-08-05

  https://doi.org/10.4081/monaldi.2026.3935

  295

  Downloads: 269

• Real-world effectiveness and safety of handheld ultrasound in pleural procedures

  Musaib Alavi, Waris Ali, Alaeddin Sagar, Majid Shafiq, Muhammad Azhar, Akbar S. Ali, Moiz Salahuddin

  2024-10-03

  https://doi.org/10.4081/monaldi.2024.2992

  1516

  Downloads: 552

• Utility of pleural fluid biomarkers in differentiating malignant and benign pleural effusion: a cross-sectional study

  Nishant Kumar Chauhan, Yogendra Singh Rathore, Mithu Banerjee, Naveen Dutt, Gopal Durgeshwar, Iyer Hariharan

  2026-08-06

  https://doi.org/10.4081/monaldi.2026.3731

  761

  Downloads: 228

• Use of a novel ultrasound sign in the management of malignant pleural effusions: a prospective observational trial

  Pradeep Bajad, Naveen Dutt, Nishant Chauhan, Avinash Babu, Aditi Joshi, Amartya Chakraborti, Rishabh Kochar, Saumya Shishir

  2025-06-19

  https://doi.org/10.4081/monaldi.2025.3263

  902

  Downloads: 586
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  Pancreatic pleural effusion masquerading as right sided tubercular pleural effusion A case report

  Gopal Chawla, Ram Niwas, Nishant Kumar Chauhan, Naveen Dutt, Taruna Yadav, Priyank Jain

  2019-09-26

  https://doi.org/10.4081/monaldi.2019.1125

  1713

  Downloads: 1038

• Utility of chest ultrasound and intrapleural fibrinolytics with gentamicin following failed pleurodesis

  Aldo Pezzuto, Ferdinando Cozzolino, Giosuè Amoroso, Evohe Adone, Elisa Desideri, Alberto Ricci

  2025-05-26

  https://doi.org/10.4081/monaldi.2025.3224

  765

  Downloads: 431

• Beyond vascular endothelial growth factor: synergistic diagnostic value of multiple biomarkers in malignant pleural effusion. A cross-sectional analytical study

  Ngakan Putu Parsama Putra, Anthony Christanto, Muhammad Iqbal, Adlan Pratama Binharyanto, Cleine Michaela, Mohammad Faridza Setyohadikusumah

  2026-08-05

  https://doi.org/10.4081/monaldi.2026.3688

  352

  Downloads: 259

• Diagnostic value of pleural fluid and serum C-reactive protein/albumin ratio in exudate/transudate, infectious/non-infectious pleural fluid discrimination

  Ayshan Mammadova, Zuleyha Galata, Zeynep Yaylçınkaya, Nilgun Yılmaz Demirci

  2025-03-26

  https://doi.org/10.4081/monaldi.2025.3060

  1271

  Downloads: 882
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  Convex probe endobronchial ultrasound guided transbronchial/transoesophageal fine needle aspiration (C-EBUS-TBNA/EUS-B FNA) of pleural lesions: A single center experience and review of literature

  Mario Tamburrini, Dipesh Maskey, Nirupam Sharan, T.K. Jayalakshmi, Umberto Zuccon, Giuseppe Deda

  2020-07-10

  https://doi.org/10.4081/monaldi.2020.1207

  1663

  Downloads: 1127

• Pleural effusion and Waldenström macroglobulinemia: if cytology and flow cytometric findings do not match. A case report

  Emanuele Stirpe, Floriana Bardaro, Johanna Köhl

  2023-09-12

  https://doi.org/10.4081/monaldi.2023.2665

  1733

  Downloads: 717
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  Intracavitary fibrinolysis directly under vision during medical thoracoscopy: a case report

  Emanuele Stirpe, Floriana Bardaro, Johanna Köhl

  2022-11-02

  https://doi.org/10.4081/monaldi.2022.2400

  1849

  Downloads: 377

• Two cases of asbestosis and one case of rounded atelectasis due to non-occupational asbestos exposure

  S.M. Candura, A. Binarelli, G. Ragno, F. Scafa

  2016-01-26

  https://doi.org/10.4081/monaldi.2008.410

  1479

  Downloads: 864

• Primary pleural haemangioendothelioma in an Italian female patient: a case report and review of the literature

  M. Bocchino, E. Barra, F. Lassandro, F. Ranieri, R. Muto, G. Rea

  2016-01-19

  https://doi.org/10.4081/monaldi.2010.298

  1060

  Downloads: 708

• Bilateral empyema treated by sequential pleuroscopy

  Kostas Archontogeorgis, Anthony Lanfranco, Andreas Koulelidis, Marios E. Froudarakis

  2016-06-22

  https://doi.org/10.4081/monaldi.2015.735

  1520

  Downloads: 840

• Neck mass and bilateral pleural effusions in a 53-year-old female

  Sophia K. Papathanasiou, Ilias E. Dimeas, Sotirios I. Sinis, Zoe Daniil, Konstantinos I. Gourgoulianis

  2023-09-28

  https://doi.org/10.4081/monaldi.2023.2684

  989

  Downloads: 579

• Yellow nail syndrome as a cause of unexplained edema

  C. Cimini, R. Giunta, R. Utili, E. Durante-Mangoni

  2016-01-21

  https://doi.org/10.4081/monaldi.2009.350

  1630

  Downloads: 751
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  Spontaneous large volume hemothorax managed with a small-bore chest tube

  Moiz Salahuddin, Samia Ayub

  2023-02-02

  https://doi.org/10.4081/monaldi.2023.2496

  1685

  Downloads: 457
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  Pleural effusion. An unfamiliar presentation of ABPA

  Komaldeep Kaur, Aditi Gupta, Gagandeep Kaur, Vishal Chopra

  2020-09-09

  https://doi.org/10.4081/monaldi.2020.1380

  1854

  Downloads: 865
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  A challenging diagnosis of dyspnea: A case report of contralateral reexpansion pulmonary edema

  Alfonso Sforza, Maria V. Carlino, Giovanni Albano, Maria I. Arnone, Giuliano De Stefano, Andrea D'Amato, Federica De Pisapia, Giovanni de Simone, Costantino Mancusi

  2018-03-19

  https://doi.org/10.4081/monaldi.2018.900

  12891

  Downloads: 935

• Advanced Medical Thoracoscopy

  G.F. Tassi, G.P. Marchetti, P.L. Aliprandi

  2015-12-11

  https://doi.org/10.4081/monaldi.2011.252

  1467

  Downloads: 784
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  Left pleural effusion in a young woman with genital tuberculosis

  Cristina Albrici, Jacopo Cefalo, Michele Mondoni, Alessia Moro, Manuela Bimbatti, Umberto Gianelli, Stefano Centanni

  2022-11-14

  https://doi.org/10.4081/monaldi.2022.2450

  1701

  Downloads: 567
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  Clinical significance of positive Raoultella Ornithinolytica and Staphylococcus hominis cultures in a post lobectomy patient. A case report

  Evaggelina Papakanderaki, Konstantinos Kanakakis, Sotirios Goule, Maria Chounti, Panagiotis Hountis

  2018-02-26

  https://doi.org/10.4081/monaldi.2018.885

  2581

  Downloads: 909
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  Thoracic endometriosis presenting as hemopneumothorax

  Ahel El Haj Chehade, Ahmad Basil Nasir, Jo Elle G. Peterson, Timothy Ramseyer, Himanshu Bhardwaj

  2022-09-28

  https://doi.org/10.4081/monaldi.2022.2401

  2656

  Downloads: 879
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  Alectinib rescue therapy in advanced ALK rearranged lung adenocarcinoma: a case report

  Cristiano Cesaro, Umberto Caterino, Fabio Perrotta, Umberto Masi, Alessandra Cotroneo, Roberta Cianci, Enzo Zamparelli, Flavio Cesaro, Dario Amore, Danilo Rocco

  2022-09-20

  https://doi.org/10.4081/monaldi.2022.2388

  2151

  Downloads: 450
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  Medical thoracoscopy without pleural fluid: How I do it

  Mario Tamburrini, Unnati Desai, Giovanni Fanti, Angelo Scarda, Francesca Zampieri, Umberto Zuccon, Parikshit Thakare, Marco Contoli, Alberto Papi

  2021-07-22

  https://doi.org/10.4081/monaldi.2021.1331

  2959

  Downloads: 1806
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  Microscopic polyangiitis presented with biopsy-confirmed pleuritis

  Naoto Ishimaru, Hisashi Ohnishi, Mao Fujii, Masako Yumura, Sho Yoshimura, Saori Kinami

  2018-06-21

  https://doi.org/10.4081/monaldi.2018.897

  3080

  Downloads: 963

• Unveiling the role of cartridge-based nucleic acid amplification test in extrapulmonary tuberculosis diagnosis: insights from a cross-sectional study

  Anil Sontakke, Rajasi Bundale, Sagar Kolte, Nidhi Girdhar, Hrishikesh Gaikwad, Harshal Ital

  2025-03-06

  https://doi.org/10.4081/monaldi.2025.3238

  1807

  Downloads: 569

• Therapeutic Medical Thoracoscopy

  P.A. Mori, A.G. Casalini

  2015-12-11

  https://doi.org/10.4081/monaldi.2011.250

  1206

  Downloads: 708
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  A rare cause of bilateral pleural effusion – desmoplastic small round cell tumor

  Archana Baburao, Poonam Maurya, Amulya Chakenahalli, Huliraj Narayanswamy

  2021-11-16

  https://doi.org/10.4081/monaldi.2021.1874

  1936

  Downloads: 973

• Suction pressures generated during thoracentesis using wall suction-based automated drainage: an in vitro and in vivo analysis

  Abdias Rodriguez, Anuradha Ramaswamy, Aravind A. Menon, Noah Belkhayat, Victoria E. Forth, Scott L. Schissel, Majid Shafiq

  2025-07-30

  https://doi.org/10.4081/monaldi.2025.3484

  1545

  Downloads: 757

• Withdrawal: Characteristics of early pleural effusions after orthotopic heart transplantation: comparison with coronary artery bypass graft surgery

  Anant Jain, Anusha Devarajan, Hussein Assallum, Ramin Malekan, Gregg Lanier, Oleg Epelbaum

  2021-11-24

  https://doi.org/10.4081/monaldi.2021.1740

  2746

  Downloads: 780