Positive pleural cytology is an indicator for visceral pleural invasion in metastatic pleural effusions

Froudarakis, Marios E; Plojoux, Jérôme Pierre Olivier; Kaspi, Elise; Anevlavis, Stavros; Laroumagne, Sophie; Karpathiou, Georgia; Roca, Elisa; Adler, Dan Elie; Dutau, Hervé; Astoul, Philippe

doi:10.1111/crj.12619

Scientific article

English

Positive pleural cytology is an indicator for visceral pleural invasion in metastatic pleural effusions

ContributorsFroudarakis, Marios E; Plojoux, Jérôme Pierre Olivier; Kaspi, Elise; Anevlavis, Stavros; Laroumagne, Sophie; Karpathiou, Georgia; Roca, Elisa; Adler, Dan Elie; Dutau, Hervé; Astoul, Philippe

Published inThe Clinical Respiratory Journal, vol. 12, no. 3, p. 1011-1016

Publication date2018

Abstract

In case of undiagnosed pleural effusions, it is necessary to conduct thoracentesis with pleural fluid (PF) cytology. Yet, sensitivity of PF cytology is widely variable as a result of sample size, experience, and preparation method.

Keywords

Aged
Exudates and Transudates/cytology
Female
Greece/epidemiology
Humans
Incidence
Lung Neoplasms/diagnosis/secondary
Male
Mesothelioma/diagnosis/secondary
Middle Aged
Pleura/pathology
Pleural Effusion
Malignant/epidemiology/pathology/surgery
Pleural Neoplasms/pathology
Retrospective Studies
Survival Rate/trends
Thoracentesis/methods
Thoracoscopy

Affiliation entities

Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de médecine

Research groups

Groupe Gasche-Soccal Paola (958)

Citation (ISO format)

FROUDARAKIS, Marios E et al. Positive pleural cytology is an indicator for visceral pleural invasion in metastatic pleural effusions. In: The Clinical Respiratory Journal, 2018, vol. 12, n° 3, p. 1011–1016. doi: 10.1111/crj.12619

Article (Published version)

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PID : unige:111065
DOI : 10.1111/crj.12619
PMID : 28245530

Journal ISSN1752-6981

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Positive pleural cytology is an indicator for visceral pleural invasion in metastatic pleural effusions

In case of undiagnosed pleural effusions, it is necessary to conduct thoracentesis with pleural fluid (PF) cytology. Yet, sensitivity of PF cytology is widely variable as a result of sample size, experience, and preparation method.

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