Yield of pleural cytology and macroscopic pleural invasion in metastatic pleural effusion

J. Plojoux, M. Froudarakis, E. Kaspi, S. Laroumagne, H. Dutau, P. Astoul (Geneva, Switzerland; Alexandroupolis, Greece; Marseille, France)

Source: International Congress 2014 – Diagnosis of pleural effusions and mediastinal adenopathies
Session: Diagnosis of pleural effusions and mediastinal adenopathies
Session type: Thematic Poster Session
Number: 2774
Disease area: Thoracic oncology

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