Metastatic carcinoma of the pleura.
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چکیده
Pleural secondaries are a frequent finding at necropsy in cases of carcinomatosis, and their presence is of such prognostic significance that much effort has been made in the field of diagnostic cytology as applied to the examination of serous effusions (Foot, 1954; Luse and Reagan, 1954a and b; Papanicolaou, 1954; Leuallen and Carr, 1955; Foot, 1956; Myerson, 1956). The relevant literature has been well reviewed by Spriggs (1957), and a less critical view of the investigation is now accepted (Naylor and Schmidt, 1964) than that adopted by Scadding (1955). In recent years special interest has been shown in the cytological diagnosis of pleural mesotheliomas (Klempman, 1962; Manguikian and Prior, 1963; Naylor, 1963) out of all proportion to the incidence of this condition. The subject of pleural involvement by secondary carcinoma is only briefly mentioned by Spencer (1962), and yet it is of interest since its pathogenesis and the factors influencing the appearance of effusions are poorly understood. It appeared that a study of necropsy material in this department would be worth while, although cytological material obtained during life was available in only a few of the cases.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Thorax
دوره 21 5 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1966