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  • Title: Comparison of needle biopsy with pleural fluid analysis for the evaluation of pleural lesions.
    Author: Rauniyar SK, Agarwal A, Bhattacharya SK.
    Journal: Nepal Med Coll J; 2004 Dec; 6(2):112-5. PubMed ID: 16295740.
    Abstract:
    A total of 60 pleural biopsies were received at Nidaan Clinic, Kathmandu during the period of two years from January 2000 to December 2002. The age of the patient ranged from 8 years to 82 years. Male: female ratio seen was 3:1. The most common lesion was found to be chronic nonspecific; pleuritis seen in 50.0% cases followed by tuberculous pleuritis in 36.7% cases, metastatic adenocarcinoma in 8.3% cases, metastatic small cell carcinoma in 3.3% cases and anaplastic large cell carcinoma in 1.7% cases. 63.3% cases of chronic nonspecific pleuritis showed transudative pleural fluid effusion. None of the cases of tuberculous pleuritis had transudative pleural effusion. 2 cases (40.0%) of metastatic adenocarcinoma had transudative pleural fluid effusion which suggests the need to perform pleural biopsy in all the cases of transudative pleural effusion whether encountered for malignancy or not.
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