title: Needle biopsy of the pleura in Nigeria.
abstract: The results of needle biopsy of the pleura carried out on 200 patients are presented. Biopsy was diagnostic in 60% of tuberculous pleural effusions and in 74% of cases of malignant effusions. The histological appearance of chronic fibrosis was seen in 34%, of which half were subsequently found to have tuberculosis.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009549:Nigeria; D010994:Pleura / Q000473:pathology*; D010996:Pleural Effusion / Q000175:diagnosis