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Pleural fluid accumulation is a frequent clinical observation in diffuse malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM). The cytological analysis of pleural fluid often reveals the presence of free spheroid ...
Water or fluid in the lung, a condition called pleural effusion, ... "Consequently, those cells migrate to the pleural cavity via the spleen, where they cause effusion," explains the lung expert.
To develop a method to deliver mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) into the pleural cavity for the treatment of pleural diseases. MSCs were isolated from rat bone marrow of rats and labeled with 4′,6 ...
Cytologic cell-block samples of pleural fluid show positive staining for calretinin in a mesothelioma sample (Panel A) and negative staining in an adenocarcinoma sample (Panel B), except for a few ...
This includes the presence of purulent fluid which is identified based on gramme stain or culture; a white blood cell count in the pleural fluid greater than 5 x 10 9 cells/L and a pH below 7 or ...
"At the time, we were able to show that pleural effusion is triggered by cancer cells with a malignant mutation in the KRAS gene*," says Dr. Antonia Marazioti, lead author of the paper and ...
However, cytology of the right pleural fluid showed large lymphoid cells that were positive for CD45, CD20, PAX-5, MUM-1, BCL2, BCL6, and MYC protein, but the cells were negative for CD3, ...
Pleural fluid analysis showed that the fluid met all three of Light’s criteria for exudative effusion. 2 In addition, the fluid was highly cellular, with unclassified cells accounting for 54% of ...
Dear Dr. Donohue: I had 1.5 liters (about 1.5 quarts) of fluid withdrawn from my right pleural cavity. Thirty-one days later, ... The first lab results showed atypical cells in the fluid.
Use of fresh assessment of tumor-initiating cells in pleural fluid of breast cancer patients to predict overall survival.. JCO 28 , 1044-1044 (2010). DOI: 10.1200/jco.2010.28.15_suppl.1044 ...
DEAR DR. DONOHUE: I had 1.5 liters (about 1.5 quarts) of fluid withdrawn from my right pleural cavity. Thirty-one days later, I had another 2 liters drained. I asked my doctor what caused it, and ...
Pleural effusions complicate end-stage liver disease in 5% of patients. [5,6] Effusions (defined as 500 mL or more of fluid within the pleural space) are typically right-sided. [7,8] No ...