Table 2 Patients with Subsequent Pleural Malignancy
From: An update of the long-term outcome of patients with nonspecific pleurisy at medical thoracoscopy
Age | Sex | Smoking history | Previous history | Pleural fluid appearance | Pleural nodules | Pleural plaques | Subsequent pleural diagnosis | Subsequent diagnostic procedure | Time from NSP to cancer diagnosis (months) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Asbestos exposure | Previous cancers | ||||||||||
Patient 1 | F | 70 | Y | N | N | Serous | N/A | N/A | Mesothelioma | PNB | 1 |
Patient 2 | M | 64 | Y | N | N | Blood-stained | N | N | Mesothelioma | Second MT | 4 |
Patient 3 | F | 52 | N | N | N | N/A | Y | Y | Mesothelioma | Second MT | 10 |
Patient 4 | F | 48 | N | N | N | Serous | Y | N | Mesothelioma | OLB | 8 |
Patient 5 | M | 77 | Y | N | N | Serous | Y | Y | Mesothelioma | Liver-biopsy | 5 |
Patient 6 | F | 76 | Y | N | Kidney cancer | Serous | N | Y | Lung cancer | PFC | 1 |
Patient 7 | F | 41 | N | N | N | Serous | N | N | Thymoma | PNB | 1 |
Patient 8 | M | 56 | Y | N | N | Blood-stained | N | Y | Lung cancer | PNB | 1 |
Patient 9 | M | 61 | N | N | N | Serous | Y | N | Prostatic cancer | Prostate-biopsy | 5 |
Patient 10 | F | 62 | N | N | N | N/A | N/A | N/A | Lung cancer | PNB | 5 |
Patient 11 | M | 76 | N | N | N | Serous | N | Y | Plasmacytoma | BMA | 1 |
Patient 12 | F | 62 | N | N | N | Serous | Y | N | Lung cancer | PNB | 1 |
Patient 13 | F | 43 | N | N | Breast tumor | Serous | N | Y | Breast tumor | Chemotherapy for breast cancer | 1 |
Patient 14 | M | 65 | Y | N | N | Serous | N | Y | Lung cancer | PFC | 2 |
Patient 15 | F | 71 | N | N | N | Serous | Y | N | Gynaecological tumor | Endometrial-biopsy | 2 |
Patient 16 | F | 58 | N | N | N | Serous | N | Y | Mesothelioma | PNB | 9 |
Patient 17 | M | 64 | Y | N | N | Blood-stained | N | Y | Lung cancer | PFC | 3 |
Patient 18 | F | 61 | N | N | Breast tumor | Serous | Y | Y | Gynaecological tumor | Ovarian-biopsy | 1 |
Patient 19 | M | 80 | Y | N | N | Serous | N | Y | Lung cancer | Bronchoscopy | 1 |