Malignant pleural effusions with unknown primary sites: A 6 years cytological study
Journal Title: Indian Journal of Pathology and Oncology - Year 2018, Vol 5, Issue 3
Abstract
Introduction Malignant pleural effusion is an important complication found in patients of advanced cancers and lead on to exudative effusions Not much data is available regarding malignant pleural effusions with unknown primary sites so we had conducted a retrospective study to highlights the primary sites in cases of malignant pleural effusionsMaterials and Methods The present study was conducted at a tertiary care centre at Ludhiana Punjab Retrospective analysis of case records of 104 patients diagnosed as malignant pleural effusions on cell cytology out of 2948 cases of pleural fluids during a 6 years period 2012 to 2017 was done and the results were analysed to assess the causes and various primary sites of malignant pleural effusionResults and Conclusion A total of 104 pleural fluid samples were found to be positive for malignancy out of 2948 cases of pleural fluids during the study period time Lung carcinoma was found to be the most common cause of malignant pleural effusion On morphology adenocarcinoma was the most common type of cytological diagnosis in all pleural effusions Unknown primary malignancies presented as pleural effusions in many cases with no specific signs symptoms Cytological study can reveal the morphological diagnosis clinch the primary site of origin in more than 50 of cases Cytological analysis of pleural fluid should be the initial diagnostic approach to diagnose malignant pleural effusions and tapped effusions must always be sent for cytological study Keywords Effusion Lung Malignancy Primary site
Authors and Affiliations
Akashdeep Singh, Shikha Aggarwal, Neena Sood, Pavneet Kaur Selhi, Aminder Singh
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- EP ID EP475927
- DOI 10.18231/2394-6792.2018.0087
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