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Table 3 Gross thoarcoscopic findings (n = 390)

From: Medical thoracoscopy for exudative pleural effusion: an eight-year experience from a country with a young population

Findings

n (%)

Inflammation + sago like nodules ± adhesions

205 (51.2)

Inflammation +/− adhesionsa

128 (32.4)

Inflammation with nodules/masses/plaquesa

33 (8.3)

Normal

27 (6.9)

  1. aInflammation defined as edematous, deep and pink pleura
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BMC Pulmonary Medicine

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