Cytopathologic diagnosis in pleural effusion and cyto-histopathologic correlation
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Cytopathologic diagnosis in pleural effusion and cyto-histopathologic correlation.
OBJECTIVE Cytological examination of pleural fluids is a fast, efficient and non-invasive diagnostic method. Identification of malignant effusions bears critical importance in treatment and prognosis. The aim of this study was to investigate the distribution of cytopathologic diagnoses in pleural effusions and the cyto-histopathologic correlation rates. MATERIAL AND METHOD A total of 298 pleu...
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عنوان ژورنال: Turkish Journal of Pathology
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1018-5615,1309-5730
DOI: 10.5146/tjpath.2011.01041