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Awake sedation thoracoscopy for the diagnosis of malignant mesothelioma: a service review Cover

Awake sedation thoracoscopy for the diagnosis of malignant mesothelioma: a service review

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|Jul 2019

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Figure 1

A comparison between the results obtained from pre-thoracoscopic cytology and the histology of thoracoscopy samples in 104 patients. The majority of cytological samples revealed only reactive lymphocytic cells giving a high false negative rate.
A comparison between the results obtained from pre-thoracoscopic cytology and the histology of thoracoscopy samples in 104 patients. The majority of cytological samples revealed only reactive lymphocytic cells giving a high false negative rate.

Histological diagnoses of samples obtained at thoracoscopy

DiagnosisN (%) (n=104)
Pleural fibrosis8 (7.7)
Nonspecific inflammation25 (24)
MesotheliomaType not given2 (1.9)
Epithelioid27 (26)
Sarcomatoid2 (1.9)
Biphasic1 (1)
Suspected5 (4.8)
AdenocarcinomaLung4 (2.8)
Colon2 (1.9)
Breast3 (2.9)
Endometrial1 (1)
Unknown primary11 (10.6)
Papillary carcinoma1 (1)
Lymphoma2 (1.9)
Neuroendocrine tumour1 (1)
No/limited biopsy9 (8.7)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/pneum-2019-0012 | Journal eISSN: 2247-059X | Journal ISSN: 2067-2993
Language: English
Page range: 27 - 30
Published on: Jul 2, 2019
Published by: Romanian Society of Pneumology
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: Volume open

© 2019 Abdullah Alqallaf, Mariana Ahmad Zuber, Shehnoor Tarique, Alina A. Ionescu, published by Romanian Society of Pneumology
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