title: [Level of D-dimer and comparison with cell count in pleural effusion from tuberculosis and neoplasms].
abstract: The examinations were carried out in 33 patients (aged 21-69 years) with tuberculous and neoplastic effusions, before and during the treatment. 10 subjects with circulatory failure and pleural effusion a consisted control group. D-dimer level was detected using semiquantitative method (D-dimer Latex Test, Diagnostica Stago-Boehringer Mannheim), cells number and composition-using light microscope. All the groups demonstrated significant differences in the effusion D-dimer level before and during the treatment. Cells number was significantly higher in tuberculous and carcinomatous pleural effusion than in the control group. D-dimer level correlated with neutrophils percentage only in tuberculous effusions before the treatment. We found no correlation in D-dimer level and cells number and composition in neoplastic pleural effusion. We did not find any correlation in D-dimer level and cells number in blood.
authors.affiliation: Kliniki Chorób Płuc i Gruźlicy Akademii Medycznej w Białymstoku.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tałałaj
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kowal
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005338:Fibrin Fibrinogen Degradation Products / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans; D007958:Leukocyte Count; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009504:Neutrophils; D010996:Pleural Effusion / Q000737:chemistry / Q000473:pathology*; D016066:Pleural Effusion, Malignant / Q000737:chemistry / Q000473:pathology; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000473:pathology*
chemical_list: D005338:Fibrin Fibrinogen Degradation Products