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Differential Diagnosis of Pleural Effusions - Med
315 JMAJ, September / October 2006 Vol. 49, No. 9 10*1 Division of Respiratory Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Jikei University School of Medicine, TokyoCorrespondence to: Tetsuo Sato MD, PhD, Division of Respiratory Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Jikei University School ofMedicine, 3-25-8 Nishi-Shimbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-8461, Japan. Tel: 81-3-3433-1111, Fax: 81-3-3433-1020, E-mail: ArticleIntroductionA variety of disease states are associated with thedevelopment of Pleural Effusions (Table 1), anddepending on the disease, the Pleural effusion caneither exhibit specific or nonspecific characteris-tics. A Diagnosis of Pleural effusion may be sug-gested by characteristic symptoms ( , chest pain,dyspnea) and physical exam findings ( , dulllung bases on auscultation and percussion) butdefinitive Diagnosis requires radiological imag-ing.
JMAJ, September/October 2006 — Vol. 49, No. 9•10 317 DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS OF PLEURAL EFFUSIONS Since the condition often resolves with treatment of …
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