The appearance of tumor cell clusters in pleural effusion is usually a vital sign of cancer metastasis. Segmentation, as an indispensable basis, is of crucial importance for diagnosing, chemical ...

Malignant pleural effusions (MPEs) are complications of advanced cancer and associated with limited life expectancy. 1,2 Goals in the management of MPE include symptom palliation and maintaining ...

Background Accurate differentiating diagnosis is essential for choosing treatment for exudative pleural effusions. Objective To establish the diagnostic accuracy of interleukin 27 for tuberculous ...

Introduction This study aimed to construct artificial intelligence models based on thoracic CT images to perform segmentation and classification of benign pleural effusion (BPE) and malignant pleural ...

Parapneumonic effusions evolve through a spectrum of three stages. 2 The initial exudative stage (stage 1; analogous to simple parapneumonic effusion) is characterised by an increased outpouring of ...

Objectives We aimed to study whether patient-reported outcomes, measured by quality of life (QoL) and functional class, are sensitive to pleural effusion (PLE) in patients with heart failure (HF), and ...

The patients with non-negligible pleural effusion, acute heart failure, and a left ventricular ejection fraction ≤45% were enrolled in this study, which ran from August 31, 2021, to March 22, 2024.

Lung diseases, such as pleural effusion, may seriously affect the life quality of the patients. Clinically, the lung auscultation method and some lung imaging approaches, such as chest X-ray, computed ...