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Viren Kaul, MD
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#Tweetorial: Diagnosis of Malignant Pleural Effusion (#MPE) to accompany publication in @AnnalsATS: bit.ly/2XM65pD

⚓️#MPE: Pl. Effusions (#pleff) w/ neoplastic cells/tissue
⚓️Paramalignant eff: related to malignancy but not due to it eg: endobronchial obstruction or PE
Answer me this dear folks!
Why is it important to diagnose #MPE?

While you ponder, LUNG and BREAST are commonest primaries metastatic to the pleural space! PMID: 24360987
#MPE = poor prognosis, change management & may help locate primary!

Ferrer (PMID: 15764788): >=4 of these strongly suggest #MPE:
a) Dyspnea, chest pain, constitutional sympt
b) Symptoms >1 mo
c) No fever
d) Blood-tinged #pleff
e) CT suggestive (mass, atelectasis, adenopathy)
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#MPE #Tweetorial #POCUS #Trivia #thoracoscopy #cytology #thoracentesis #pleuralbiopsy #pleff #medtwitter #LungCancer #MT

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