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(Chest. 1949;15:325-328.)
© 1949 American College of Chest Physicians

Relationship of the Pleural Fluid Sugar to Pulmonary Tuberculosis

STEPHEN M. GELENGER M.D., F.C.C.P. and RUSSELL F. WIGGERS M.D.

A series of 33 cases of pleural effusion were studied, as to the sugar determination of the pleural fluid. The sugar findings fell into three groups:

Group 1: those with a sugar determination below 30 mgs. per cent (8 cases). Group 2: those between 30 mgs. and 60 mgs. per cent (4 cases). Group 3: those above 60 mgs. per cent (21 cases).

All the Group 1 cases were found to have tuberculosis. Two of the Group 2 cases had tuberculosis. The rest had some other pathology as the cause of the effusion. All of the tuberculous effusions had a sugar level of 39.5 mgs. per cent or below.

It was concluded that this determination might be an aid in the diagnosis of the obscure pleural effusions.






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