Outcome of patients diagnosed with fibrinous pleuritis after medical thoracoscopy

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METİNTAŞ M., AK G., Cadirci O., YILDIRIM H., DÜNDAR E., METİNTAŞ S.

RESPIRATORY MEDICINE, vol.106, no.8, pp.1177-1183, 2012 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 106 Issue: 8
  • Publication Date: 2012
  • Doi Number: 10.1016/j.rmed.2012.04.009
  • Journal Name: RESPIRATORY MEDICINE
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.1177-1183
  • Keywords: Mesothelioma, Pleura, Diagnosis, Thoracoscopy, PLEURAL DISEASE, ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE, MALIGNANT MESOTHELIOMA, NONSPECIFIC PLEURITIS, ASBESTOS, EFFUSION, CT
  • Eskisehir Osmangazi University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Background: In patients with post-medical thoracoscopy histopathological diagnoses of fibrinous pleuritis, confusion can occur concerning subsequent procedures. This issue is particularly important in regions where mesothelioma is prevalent. We aimed to identify false negatives among patients where mesothelioma was common due to asbestos exposure whose histopathological diagnosis following thoracoscopy was fibrinous pleuritis. We also determined risk factors associated with patients that required additional advanced invasive procedures for diagnosis.