Table 2 Final diagnoses of the causes of pleural effusions in 172 patients
Malignant neoplasms | No. | Non-malignant disease | No. |
|---|---|---|---|
Adenocarcinoma | 42 | Inflammatory pleuritis | 16 |
Squamous cell carcinoma | 12 | Pleuritis fibrosis and plaques | 6 |
Mesothelioma | 10 | Pleural tuberculosis | 44 |
Lymphoma | 4 | Fungal infection | 4 |
Pleural metastasis of breast cancer | 4 | Chronic empyema | 6 |
Undifferentiated cell carcinoma | 2 | Indeterminate origin disease | 4 |
Small lung cancer | 16 | Chronic heart failure | 2 |