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Table 1 Characteristics of study subjects with confirmed malignant pleural mesothelioma after medical thoracoscopy (n = 40)

From: Malignant pleural mesothelioma: diagnostic value of medical thoracoscopy and long-term prognostic analysis

Variables

Values

Age, yr., median (range)

62 (40–78)

Sex, male, n (%)

20 (50.0)

Symptom

 Dyspnea

26 (65.0)

 Chest pain

19 (47.5)

 Cough

11 (27.5)

 Fatigue

6 (15.0)

 Fever

3 (7.5)

CT imaging, n (%)

 Pulmonary consolidation or infiltration

20 (50.0)

 Pulmonary atelectasis

19 (47.5)

 Pleural thickening

17 (42.5)

 Mediastinal lymphopathy

11 (27.5)

 Pulmonary mass or nodules

11 (27.5)

 Pleural nodularity

7 (17.5)

Effusion site, n (%)

 Right

19 (47.5)

 Left

16 (40.0)

 Bilateral

4 (10.0)

Effusion size, n (%)

 Large

20 (50.0)

 Moderate

9 (22.5)

 Small

11 (27.5)

Thoracoscopic findings, n (%)

 Pleural nodules

32 (80.0)

 Pleural hyperemia

19 (47.5)

 Pleural adhesion

15 (37.5)

 Pleural edema

5 (12.5)

 Pleural plaques

5 (12.5)

Histology type

 Epithelioid

14 (35.0)

 Sarcomatoid

9 (22.5)

 Biphasic

5 (12.5)

 Undifferentiated

12 (30.0)