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Table 2 Procedural details (n = 342)

From: Diagnostic value of medical thoracoscopy in malignant pleural effusion

Procedural details

Value

Pleural fluid removed, mL

1306.7 ± 753.0

Parietal pleura biopsies, n

10 ± 2

Thoracoscopic findings, n (%)

 Pleural nodules

243 (71.1)

 Hyperemia

159 (46.5)

 Pleural adhesion

125 (36.6)

 Pleural plaques

69 (20.2)

 Ulcer

10 (2.9)

 Other pleural pathological changes

97 (28.4)