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Artigo em Inglês | IMSEAR | ID: sea-157794

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Medical thoracoscopy is a minimally invasive procedure to visualize the entire pleural surface and perform limited diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. One of the main indications for medical thoracoscopy is to obtain a diagnosis in an exudative pleural effusion when other, simpler methods non-diagnostic. Medical thoracoscopy can also be used for therapeutic procedures. The present study is an effort to analyse our experience of medical thoracoscopy in patient of undiagnosed pleural effusion. Methods: 25 patients of pleural effusion in which diagnosis was not made by routine pleural fluid examination (biochemical/microbiological/cytological evaluation) were subjected to video thoracoscopy and biopsy, pleural fluid taken for pathological examination and therapeutic interventions such as adhesiolysis and pleurodesis were done. Intercostal drain kept. Results: Overall yield in the present study is 92% (23 out of 25). Majority of patients had malignant effusions (19 patients - 76%), of which 8 had metastatic adenocarcinoma and 7 had malignant mesothelioma. 2 patients (8%) were diagnosed to have tuberculous pleurisy. Present study had no incidence of thoracoscopic complications. Conclusions: We recommend that thoracoscopy shall be the Investigation of choice of undiagnosed pleural effusion as it has good yield with minimal complications.

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Artigo em Inglês | IMSEAR | ID: sea-148244

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Isolated epididymo-orchitis is an unusual presentation of tuberculosis. We report a case of bilateral epididymitis with right sided orchitis and scrotal involvement due to tuberculosis in a young male patient who had infertility. The diagnosis was suspected on ultrasonography of scrotum and confirmed by histological examination of scrotal and testicular tissue biopsy.

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