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DIAGNOSTIC UTILITY OF SONAR GUIDED BIOPSY IN TB EFFUSION
A. Abd El-Zaher, I. Salah, M. Hantera,R. Oreby & E. Abaas
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Undiagnosed exudative pleural effusion is one of the most important dilemma in chest practice added to that the high prevalence of tuberculosis (second cause of death among communicable diseases); All of these items enforce the presence of a gold method for diagnosis of TB effusion.
Pleural TB remains a common form of extra-pulmonary TB & it is the most common cause of exudative effusions in areas with a high prevalence of TB.
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CONDITIONS ASSOCIATED WITH EXUDATIVE PLEURAL EFFUSIONS:
• Malignancy.• Infection.• Tuberculosis.• Trauma.• Pulmonary infarction.• Pulmonary embolism.• Autoimmune disorders.• Pancreatitis.• Ruptured esophagus ( or Boerhaave's syndrome).• Rheumatoid Pleurisy.• Drug-induced Lupus.
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Although a diagnosis of pleural TB is often based on raised levels of ADA & INF in pleural fluid, actual histological confirmation of TB pleurisies remains the gold standard.
Pleural tissue can be harvested either by means of closed biopsies, thoracoscopy or open surgical biopsies.
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Again we retained to another dilemma; both thoracoscopy & open biopsy have many complications & usually present in tertiary hospitals in developing areas while TB usually treated & present in low socioeconomic places; That is why we must search for another way to get a sample.
Closed pleural biopsy needles were introduced in the mid- 1950s & early 1960s. Various types were used, including the Abrams, Cope & Vim-Silverman needles.
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Abrams needle Tru-cut needle
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The Abrams needle was consistently shown to have a high yield & became the most widely used device. In 1989 Macleod et al, described blind cutting needle (Tru-Cut) biopsies as an alternative to Abrams needles in patients who present with large pleural effusions.Around the same time, transthoracic US assisted biopsy techniques were pioneered & the indications were soon expanded to include cutting needle pleural biopsies. Focal pleural abnormalities (e.g. thickening) & fluid collections could be identified by means of US & biopsy may be aimed at these areas of interest.
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The aim of this study was to assess the diagnostic utility of sonar guided biopsy in TB pleural effusion.
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All adult patients (>18 Y) referred to Chest Department Tanta University Hospitals with radiological evidence of a pleural effusion & clinical suspicion of pleural TB were potential candidate for this study.
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Patients referred to Chest Department were screened for indicators of a high clinical suspicion of TB which included:
1. Persistent cough >3 weeks, 2. Hemoptysis, 3. Weight loss, 4. Intermittent fever, 5. Night sweats, 6. Exudative effusion with high protein, elevated LDH,
lymphocytic predominance & ADA > 50 IU/L.
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Patients were included in the study if they have (2/6) possibilities. After that every patient was subjected to CT chest to determine the area showing pleural thickening to facilitate the site of entrance.
Under sterile technique & local anesthesia, closed pleural biopsies were subsequently performed on all patients. Patients were suspected to Abrams needle biopsies followed by Tru-Cut needle biopsies or Tru-Cut needle biopsies followed by Abrams needle biopsies.
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These biopsies were performed from the same incision site (5 mm in lengths).
Biopsies were taken with the distal tip of the needle facing up to 45˚ down in order to avoid laceration of the intercostal vessels.
Cutting needle biopsies were performed by means of manually operated 14-gauge; Tru-Cut biopsy needles with a specimen notch of 20 mm.
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Abrams & Tru-Cut needle biopsy specimens were harvested until each technique yielded at least three macroscopically satisfactory specimens for histological evaluation & were transported in 4% formalin.
The incision site was re-examined by means of US immediately after the procedures for suspected PX & a CXR was done pre- & post-procedure. All patients were observed for at least 1 h. before discharge.
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Final diagnosis established in all patients
% N (50) Diagnosis
62 31 Pleural tuberculosis
26 13 Malignancy
4 2 Parapneumonic effusion (bacterial)
2 1 Sarcoidosis
6 3 Undiagnosed pleural exudates
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P Value X2 Tru-Cut Abrams Parameter
0.099* 4.536 37 (74%) 46 (92%) Pleural tissue present at histology (n=50)
0.027* 4.857 17 (54.8%) 26 (83.8%) Pleural tuberculosis (n= 31)
0.642* 0.217 9 (69.2%) 11 (84.6%) Malignancy (n=13)
Diagnostic yield of Abrams & Tru-Cut needle biopsies
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Diagnostic yield of Abrams & Tru-Cut needle biopsies
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Correlation between pleural tissue present in the biopsy & the diagnostic yield
Pleural tissue present at histology
P Value R
0.039 0.412 Pleural tuberculosis
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There were two cases with complications (pneumothorax & neurogenic shock).
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Sonar guided pleural biopsies performed with an Abrams
needle are more likely to be effective solution for the dilemma
of undiagnosed exudative pleural effusion with clinical
susceptibility of TB.
The use of US prior to closed pleural biopsies is advocated
both as safety measure, to detect localized pleural thickening
& other abnormality.
Tru-cut biopsies can be performed in presence of very little P.
effusion & have diagnostic yield for malignant P. effusion.
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