Role of Abram‘s pleural biopsy in determining the cause of empyema thoracis

S. Ghazal, A. Kumar, N. Idrees, N. Rizvi, M. Malik (Karachi, Pakistan)

Source: Annual Congress 2012 - Medical access to the pleura
Session: Medical access to the pleura
Session type: Poster Discussion
Number: 3366
Disease area: Respiratory infections

Congress or journal article abstractE-poster

Rating: 0
You must login to grade this presentation.

Share or cite this content

Citations should be made in the following way:
S. Ghazal, A. Kumar, N. Idrees, N. Rizvi, M. Malik (Karachi, Pakistan). Role of Abram‘s pleural biopsy in determining the cause of empyema thoracis. Eur Respir J 2012; 40: Suppl. 56, 3366

You must login to share this Presentation/Article on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn or by email.

Member's Comments

No comment yet.
You must Login to comment this presentation.


Related content which might interest you:
Treatment of empyema thoracis by medical thoracoscopy
Source: Eur Respir J 2002; 20: Suppl. 38, 71s
Year: 2002

Pleural biopsy in the diagnosis of tuberculous pleurisy
Source: Eur Respir J 2003; 22: Suppl. 45, 159s
Year: 2003

Diagnostic value of ultrasound-guided aspiration of small pleural effusions and pneumothorax rates
Source: Eur Respir J 2005; 26: Suppl. 49, 313s
Year: 2005

Closed pleural biopsy in diagnosis of pleural effusion
Source: Eur Respir J 2002; 20: Suppl. 38, 70s
Year: 2002

Current management of empyema thoracis in childhood
Source: Eur Respir J 2002; 20: Suppl. 38, 590s
Year: 2002

Diagnosing value of closed-pleural biopsy in pleural tuberculosis
Source: Annual Congress 2012 - Tuberculosis: clinical findings II
Year: 2012


Is ²blind² pleural biopsy still of value in tuberculous effusions?
Source: Annual Congress 2008 - Diagnosis of tuberculosis: problems and perspectives
Year: 2008

Value of thoracoscopic pleural brush in the diagnosis of exudative pleural effusion
Source: International Congress 2014 – Diagnosis and treatment of pleural mesothelioma
Year: 2014


Prognostic features of residual pleural thickening in parapneumonic pleural effusions
Source: Eur Respir J 2003; 21: 952-955
Year: 2003



Ultrasound guided needle pleural biopsy in patients with undiagnosed pleural effusion
Source: International Congress 2014 – Diagnosis of pleural effusions and mediastinal adenopathies
Year: 2014


Role of thoracoscopy in undiagnosed pleural effusions
Source: ERS Skills Course 2015
Year: 2015

Role of thoracoscopy in undiagnosed pleural effusions
Source: Hands-on Course 2013 - Medical Thoracoscopy
Year: 2013

Role of thoracoscopy in undiagnosed pleural effusions
Source: ERS Skills course - Medical thoracoscopy
Year: 2017

Role of thoracoscopy in undiagnosed pleural effusions
Source: Hands-on Course 2012 - Medical Thoracoscopy
Year: 2012

Role of thoracoscopy in undiagnosed pleural effusions
Source: ERS Course 2016 - Skills course on medical thoracoscopy
Year: 2016

Diagnostic value of closed pleural needle biopsy for the diagnosis of malignant and tuberculous pleural effusions
Source: Eur Respir J 2005; 26: Suppl. 49, 446s
Year: 2005

Empyema and parapneumonic pleural effusion. Prognostic factors about 109 patients
Source: Annual Congress 2009 - Assessment of severity in respiratory infections: severity scales and biomarkers
Year: 2009


The role of video-assisted thoracoscopy in the diagnostic of tuberculous pleural effusions
Source: Annual Congress 2010 - Extrapulmonary tuberculosis
Year: 2010