Etiology and prognostic significance of
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David Jiménez; Gema Díaz; Daniel Gil; Ana Cicero; Esteban Pérez-Rodríguez; Anton
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Article
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2005
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Elsevier Science
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English
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It has been stated that malignancy is the most common aetiology of massive pleural effusions. To determine the most frequent causes of massive pleural effusions and to assess the diagnostic yield of different diagnostic procedures and survival, we prospectively studied 1084 patients with pleural eff