title: [Pleural needle biopsy in diagnosis of pleural effusion].
abstract: Diagnostic reliability of percutaneous parietal pleural biopsy with use of the Abrams needle technique performed over a period 1989-1994 was assessed in 37 patients with pleural effusion of unknown etiology, aged 24-82 years. Adequate diagnostic specimens were obtained in 33 patients. Histopathological diagnosis established neoplasma (39,4%), tuberculosis (9.1%) and chronic nonspecific pleuritis (51,5%). No complications of the procedure were encountered. Pleural needle biopsy should be more widely applied as a basic method in the diagnosis of pleural effusions of unknown etiology.
authors.affiliation: II Kliniki Gruźlicy i Chorób Płuc I.G i Ch.P. w Lodzi.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fijałkowski
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Błoch
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kulig
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Graczyk
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Szmidt
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001707:Biopsy, Needle / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010996:Pleural Effusion / Q000473:pathology*