Antonangelo, LeilaVargas, Francisco SusoGenofre, Eduardo FlenriqueNeves de Oliveira, Caroline MansTeixeira, Lisete RibeiroBarbosa de Sales, Roberta Karla
Objective: To describe clinical and laboratory characteristics in patients with tuberculosis-related or lymphoma-related lymphocytic pleural effusions, in order to identify the variables that might contribute to differentiating between these diseases. Methods: This was a retrospective study involving 159 adult HIV-negative patients with tuberculosi...
Antonangelo, LeilaVargas, Francisco SusoGenofre, Eduardo FlenriqueNeves de Oliveira, Caroline MansTeixeira, Lisete RibeiroBarbosa de Sales, Roberta Karla
Objective: To describe clinical and laboratory characteristics in patients with tuberculosis-related or lymphoma-related lymphocytic pleural effusions, in order to identify the variables that might contribute to differentiating between these diseases. Methods: This was a retrospective study involving 159 adult HIV-negative patients with tuberculosi...
Antonangelo, LeilaVargas, Francisco SusoGenofre, Eduardo FlenriqueNeves de Oliveira, Caroline MansTeixeira, Lisete RibeiroBarbosa de Sales, Roberta Karla
Objective: To describe clinical and laboratory characteristics in patients with tuberculosis-related or lymphoma-related lymphocytic pleural effusions, in order to identify the variables that might contribute to differentiating between these diseases. Methods: This was a retrospective study involving 159 adult HIV-negative patients with tuberculosi...
The clinical features of the more commonly seen black tumours of the skin are described. In almost all cases it should be possible to distinguish clinically between malignant melanoma and other black lesions. Black tumours are rarely malignant melanomas; most of these lesions are seborrheic keratoses or pigmented nevi.