title: [The clinical picture of pleural tuberculosis (based on the results of thoracoscopy in 500 patients with a pleural exudate)].
abstract: The author presents results of 500 thoracoscopies performed in 500 patients with pleural effusion. Tuberculosis and malignant tumors prevailed (51.8 and 20.8% respectively). Endoscopic examination of pleural cavity amplified by pleural biopsy and cytohistological study of obtained material was shown to be highly effective. In the author's opinion, wet pleurisy is sure to be a surgical problem. To solve it, he considers necessary to allocate 8-10 hospital beds for every 1.5 million of population (in thoracal department of surgical and pulmonological centres, TB dispensaries) right up to organization of pleural pathology departments.
authors.forename: I D
authors.initials: ID
authors.lastname: Duzhiĭ
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D010994:Pleura / Q000473:pathology; D010996:Pleural Effusion / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013906:Thoracoscopy; D014374:Tuberculin Test; D014396:Tuberculosis, Pleural / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis*
vernacular_title: O klinicheskoĭ kartine tuberkuleza plevry (po itogam torakoskopii u 500 bol'nykh s plevral'nym vypotom).