引起胸腔积液的病因甚多,仅通过胸液的常规检查及酶学检查常不易确定诊断。为此,我们从1982年5月开始行针刺胸膜活体组织检查(活检),进一步明确胸腔积液的病因。现将结果报告如下:一、资料与方法42例均为1982年5月～1990年5月我院住院病人,经询问病史、体检、胸部 X 线摄片,确定有胸腔积液并经胸水常规检查不能 Pleural effusion caused by many causes, only through routine examination of pleural fluid and enzymatic examination is often not easy to determine the diagnosis. To this end, we started from May 1982 acupuncture biopsy (biopsy), to further clarify the etiology of pleural effusion. The results are reported as follows: First, the data and methods 42 cases were from May 1982 to May 1990 in our hospital patients, after asking medical history, physical examination, chest X-ray, to determine pleural effusion and by the pleural fluid routine Can not check