Pleural disease: applying the evidence

Thematic Poster
Chairs: M. Ahmed (Liverpool, United Kingdom), M. Munavvar (Preston (Lancashire), United Kingdom), O. Castro Añón (Lugo, Spain)
Case Series: Non-resolving pneumothorax – an early presentation of mesothelioma
A. Taylor (London, United Kingdom), T. Sathyamoorthy (London, United Kingdom)
Congress or journal article abstract
Congress or journal article abstract
LENT score - useful clinical tool?
B. Vijayakumar (Reading, United Kingdom), T. Hosack (Reading, United Kingdom)
Congress or journal article abstract
Congress or journal article abstract
Success rate of talc pleurodesis
Y. Gatt (Madliena, Malta), J. Grech (Mosta, Malta), J. Farrugia (Madleina, Malta), C. Zammit (Madleina, Malta), S. Montfort (Madleina, Malta)
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Diagnostic yield and safety of medical thoracoscopic versus CT guided percutaneous tru-cut pleural biopsy
G. Abo E-Magd (Tanta, Egypt), A. Abouissa (Makkah, Saudi Arabia), I. Abbass (Tanta, Egypt)
Congress or journal article abstract
Congress or journal article abstract
An assessment of treatment decisions and patient outcomes in Pleural Service users based on age and performance status, at the Western General Hospital, in Edinburgh
A. Forster (Edinburgh, United Kingdom), A. Leitch (Edinburgh, United Kingdom)
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Three Year Retrospective analysis of Pleural Procedure Services
N. Rampura Chinnappa (Swansea, United Kingdom), A. Mushtaq (Swansea, United Kingdom), J. Thomas (Swansea, United Kingdom)
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Heterogeneous delivery of definitive interventions in malignant pleural effusions – results from a Danish survey.
U. Bodtger (Næstved, Denmark), K. Armbruster (Copenhagen, Denmark), S. Skaarup (Aarhus, Denmark), H. Kirstein (Aalborg, Denmark), C. Laursen (Odense , Denmark)
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Lymphocytic Pleural Effusions: Aetiology and Frequency in a UK District General Hospital
D. Dooey (Manchester, United Kingdom), L. William (Manchester, United Kingdom), A. Cheng (Manchester, United Kingdom), N. Nasir (Manchester, United Kingdom), M. Babores (Manchester, United Kingdom), T. Nagarajan (Manchester, United Kingdom)
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Core cutting needle biopsy of anterior mediastinal tumors : Do we really need Chest Tomographic Scan to proceed?
K. Athanassiadi (Athens, Greece), E. Liverakou (Athens, Greece), D. Magouliotis (Athens, Greece), A. Katsandri (Athens, Greece), C. Vourlakou (Athens, Greece), E. Testebasi (Athens, Greece)
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Role of Biomarkers for Predicting suspecting Malignant Mesothelioma in patients with Pleural Effusion presenting to a tertiary care hospital
Z. Iqbal (Peshawar, Pakistan), M. Khan (Peshawar, Pakistan), M. Khan (Peshawar, Pakistan), Z. Ullah (Peshawar, Pakistan)
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Systematic review of the management of Solitary Fibrous Tumours of the Pleura (SFTP)
R. Mercer (Oxford, United Kingdom), C. Wigston (Oxford, United Kingdom), R. Banka (Norwich, United Kingdom), M. Hassan (Norwich, United Kingdom), R. Asciak (Norwich, United Kingdom), E. Bedawi (Norwich, United Kingdom), D. Mccracken (Norwich, United Kingdom), R. Hallifax (Norwich, United Kingdom), N. Rahman (Norwich, United Kingdom)
Congress or journal article abstract
Congress or journal article abstract
Understanding how variation in clinical practice affects length of stay for patients with malignant pleural effusion.
C. Tan (Singapore, Singapore), P. Quek (Singapore, Singapore), R. Chang (Singapore, Singapore)
Congress or journal article abstract
Congress or journal article abstract
Thymic epithelial tumours – a retrospective analysis of 20 years in a Portuguese pneumology department
I. Rodrigues (Vila Real, Portugal), L. Nascimento (Vila Real, Portugal), T. Gomes (Vila Real, Portugal), S. Heleno (Vila Real, Portugal), A. Pimenta (Vila Real, Portugal), B. Conde (Vila Real, Portugal), A. Fernandes (Vila Real, Portugal)
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Etiology of mediastinal lymph node enlargement in patients who underwent EBUS-TBNA.
M. Dabrowska (Warsaw, Poland), K. Faber (Warsaw, Poland), M. Tandejko-Burdyna (Warsaw, Poland), P. Korczynski (Warsaw, Poland), R. Krenke (Warsaw, Poland)
Congress or journal article abstract
Congress or journal article abstract
How often is a single therapeutic aspiration sufficient to manage a malignant pleural effusion and does oncological treatment have an impact on this?
R. Mercer (Oxford, United Kingdom), G. Shepherd (Oxford, United Kingdom), N. Rahman (Oxford, United Kingdom)
Congress or journal article abstract
Congress or journal article abstract
Meeting the National Mesothelioma Audit standards in clinical practice: How achievable is it?
E. Romer (Liverpool, United Kingdom), L. Watkins (Liverpool, United Kingdom), F. Frost (Liverpool, United Kingdom), M. Ledson (Liverpool, United Kingdom)
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
The qualitative role of Endobronchial Elastography with Endobronchial Ultrasound in differentiating Malignant and Benign lesions-A retrospective single center study
R. Gupta (ghaziabad, India), S. Joshi (ghaziabad, India), A. Bhatia (ghaziabad, India), N. Tayal (ghaziabad, India), P. Pandey (ghaziabad, India)
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
2-Deoxy-glucose synergizes with Cisplatin and Pemetrexed chemotherapeutics to reduce cell migration of mesothelioma cells
E. Pitaraki (Larissa, Greece), I. Gerogianni (Larissa, Greece), R. Jagirdar (Larissa, Greece), O. Kouliou (Larissa, Greece), C. Hatzoglou (Larissa, Greece), K. Gourgouliannis (Larissa, Greece), S. Zarogiannis (Larissa, Greece)
Congress or journal article abstract
Congress or journal article abstract
Technical limitation of semi-automated volumetric analysis using CT in patients with Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma
A. Kidd (Glasgow, United Kingdom), S. Tsim (Glasgow, United Kingdom), K. Blyth (Glasgow, United Kingdom)
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster