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Vol. 217. Issue 7.
Pages 423-426 (October 2017)
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Vol. 217. Issue 7.
Pages 423-426 (October 2017)
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The case against performing pleural biopsies for the aetiological diagnosis of exudates
¿Se debe realizar una biopsia pleural para el diagnóstico etiológico de los exudados? No
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J.M. Porcel
Unidad de Medicina Pleural, Servicio de Medicina Interna, Hospital Universitario Arnau de Vilanova, Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Lleida (IRBLleida), Fundación Dr. Pifarré, Lleida, Spain
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In most cases, the etiological diagnosis of pleural exudates does not require a pleural biopsy. However, when it is considered necessary, the biopsy should seldom be conducted using invasive methods such as thoracoscopy. Two paradigmatic examples are pleural tuberculosis and malignant effusions. In many centers, pleural fluid adenosine deaminase measurement has replaced closed pleural biopsies in the diagnosis of tuberculosis. Similarly, pathological and molecular studies on pleural fluid cell blocks or alternatively, image-guided pleural biopsies have drastically reduced the need for thoracoscopy.

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Pleural biopsy
Pleural effusion
Thoracoscopy
Pleural tuberculosis
Malignant pleural effusion
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En la mayoría de las ocasiones, el diagnóstico etiológico de un exudado pleural no requiere de una biopsia pleural y, si esta finalmente se considera imprescindible, excepcionalmente hay que recurrir a procedimientos invasivos como la toracoscopia. Dos ejemplos paradigmáticos son el derrame pleural tuberculoso y el maligno. En muchos centros, la medición de adenosina deaminasa en líquido pleural ha sustituido a la biopsia pleural cerrada para diagnosticar tuberculosis. Del mismo modo, el análisis anatomopatológico y molecular de los bloques celulares del líquido pleural o, en su defecto, de las biopsias pleurales dirigidas por técnicas de imagen ha reducido drásticamente la necesidad de una toracoscopia.

Palabras clave:
Biopsia pleural
Derrame pleural
Toracoscopia
Tuberculosis pleural
Derrame pleural maligno

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