期刊名称：International Journal of Collaborative Research on Internal Medicine & Public Health
电子版ISSN：1840-4529
出版年度：2012
卷号：4
期号：5
出版社：DRUNPP Sarajevo
摘要：INTRODUCTION Malignant pleural effusion (MPE) is one of the commonest causes of pleural effusion in Myanmar. The diagnosis of MPE can be sometimes difficult to make because of the inconclusive result of pleural biopsy report. We studied the clinical features of MPEs as well as diagnostic procedures. OBJECTIVE Our research goal and the objective of the study are to review the natural history of patients with a malignant pleural effusion but without obvious evidence of a primary lesion and to assess the value of diagnostic investigations to confirm the malignant pleural effusion. To follow the objectives, we collect the information on the disease characteristics such as age, gender, clinical features, nature and microscopic examination of pleural fluid, positivity rate of blind pleural biopsy results in patients diagnosed with bronchogenic carcinoma in the Chest Medical Department in Yangon General Hospital, Myanmar. METHODS This study was a hospital based descriptive cross sectional study, performed at Chest Medical Department, Yangon General Hospital, Myanmar, from January 2004 through January 2005. Thorough history taking and physical examinations, radiological findings, hematological and serum biochemical profiles were recorded. Pleural aspiration and biopsy were also performed.
