Brown-colored malignant pleural fluid with high bilirubin levels: a case series

• Main Authors: Nai-Chien Huan, Larry Ellee Nyanti, Lee, Xin Ying, Hema Yamini Ramarmuty, Eng, Daniel Theng Sheng, Kunji Kannan Sivaraman Kannan, Lee, Gary Yun Chor
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: John Wiley & Sons Ltd 2024
• Subjects: R5-920 Medicine (General); RC31-1245 Internal medicine
• Online Access: https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/42162/1/ABSTRACT.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/42162/2/FULL%20TEXT.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/42162/; https://doi.org/10.1155/crpu/5807681

Brown-colored pleural effusion is rare and may result from high bilirubin levels such as bilothorax (often described as a pleural fluid-to-serum bilirubin ratio of > 1.0). We describe four patients with malignant pleural effusion that appeared macroscopically brown with a pleural fluid-to-serum b...