title: [Value of methods used in the etiological diagnosis of pleural exudates].
abstract: A study was carried out on 64 cases of pleural exsudates, i.e. 23 of neoplastic origin, 13 tuberculous, 10 with various etiologies and 8 the cause of which could not be determined. In all cases pleural biopsy puncture was performed, once or several times, the histologic examination confirming 80% of the cases of tuberculosis and 40% of the cancer cases. Biochemical methods are orientative, their significance increasing when the other probability tests give convergent results.
mesh_terms: D005947:Glucose / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D006820:Hyaluronic Acid / Q000032:analysis; D010995:Pleural Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010996:Pleural Effusion / Q000032:analysis / Q000166:cytology / Q000209:etiology*; D010997:Pleural Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011506:Proteins / Q000032:analysis; D014396:Tuberculosis, Pleural / Q000175:diagnosis
chemical_list: D011506:Proteins; D006820:Hyaluronic Acid; D005947:Glucose
vernacular_title: Valoarea metodelor folosite în diagnosticul etiologic al revărsatelor pleurale