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FINALS - table for pleural fluid appearance Flashcards

1
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Normal appearance

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Clear, pale yellow

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Turbid, white

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Microbial infection (tuberculosis)

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Bloody

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Hemothorax
Hemorrhagic effusion, pulmonary
embolus, tuberculosis, malignancy

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Milky

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Chylous material from thoracic duct
leakage
Pseudochylous material from chronic
inflammation

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5
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Brown

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Rupture of amoebic liver abscess

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Black

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Aspergillus

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7
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Viscous

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Malignant mesothelioma (increased
hyaluronic acid)

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