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Transudative malignant pleural effusions: prevalence and mechanisms.
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Nine patients with malignant pleural effusion had definite evidence of deep venous thrombosis, allowing us to postulate pulmonary embolism as a factor contributing to transudation.Abstract:
Background.Malignant pleural effusions are classically exudative, though occasionally they can be transudative. We attempted to determine the prevalence of transudative malignant pleural effusions and to describe their clinical and radiographic characteristicsMethods.We studied the medical rread more
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