title: [Results of combined blind pleural biopsy and cytology in the differential diagnosis of pleural effusions].
abstract: In 80 patients with pleural effusion of uncleared aetiology cytological, bacteriological and chemical examinations of punctate were combined with blind pleural biopsy. Malignant pleural diseases were verified via pleural biopsy in 48% and in combination with pleural biopsy and cytology in 93% of the cases. About one third of the tuberculosis pleural effusions could be diagnosed histologically. Blind pleural biopsy can be recommended as a method of low risk in differential diagnosis of pleural effusions.
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010994:Pleura / Q000473:pathology; D010996:Pleural Effusion / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D010997:Pleural Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D010998:Pleurisy / Q000473:pathology; D014396:Tuberculosis, Pleural / Q000473:pathology
vernacular_title: Ergebnisse der kombinierten Pleurablindbiopsie und Zytologie bei der Differentialdiagnose von Pleuraergüssen.