title: Diagnostic thoracoscopy.
abstract: Thoracoscopy provides diagnosis of pleural diseases with a high degree of accuracy. Moreover, this procedure allows a careful pleural staging of the disease, in particular for pleural cancer, which is important for the prognosis and therapeutic decision. This article focuses on the technique, indications, and results of medical thoracoscopy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pulmonology, Hôpital de la Conception, Marseille, France.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Boutin
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Astoul
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy / Q000295:instrumentation; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary; D010994:Pleura / Q000473:pathology; D010995:Pleural Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D010996:Pleural Effusion / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D010997:Pleural Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary; D020708:Thoracoscopes