Pleural Effusion, Malignant
"Pleural Effusion, Malignant" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Presence of fluid in the PLEURAL CAVITY as a complication of malignant disease. Malignant pleural effusions often contain actual malignant cells.
| Descriptor ID |
D016066
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C04.588.894.797.640.700 C08.528.652.700 C08.528.694.700 C08.785.640.700
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| Concept/Terms |
Pleural Effusion, Malignant- Pleural Effusion, Malignant
- Effusion, Malignant Pleural
- Effusions, Malignant Pleural
- Malignant Pleural Effusion
- Malignant Pleural Effusions
- Pleural Effusions, Malignant
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Pleural Effusion, Malignant" by people in Profiles.
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Knox D, Rollins S. Repair of Tunneled Pleural Catheter. Chest. 2018 01; 153(1):291-292.
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Beyea A, Winzelberg G, Stafford RE. To drain or not to drain: an evidence-based approach to palliative procedures for the management of malignant pleural effusions. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2012 Aug; 44(2):301-6.
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Kuperman M, Florence RR, Pantanowitz L, Visintainer PF, Cibas ES, Otis CN. Distinguishing benign from malignant mesothelial cells in effusions by Glut-1, EMA, and Desmin expression: an evidence-based approach. Diagn Cytopathol. 2013 Feb; 41(2):131-40.
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Suzuki K, Servais EL, Rizk NP, Solomon SB, Sima CS, Park BJ, Kachala SS, Zlobinsky M, Rusch VW, Adusumilli PS. Palliation and pleurodesis in malignant pleural effusion: the role for tunneled pleural catheters. J Thorac Oncol. 2011 Apr; 6(4):762-7.
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Cao QJ, Panetti C, Marconi S, Krebs P, Lorenzana RR, Goulart RA, Bur ME. Vimentin and leukocyte common antigen-negative molding cells in pleural effusions of patients with small cell lung carcinoma. Acta Cytol. 2003 Nov-Dec; 47(6):1033-7.
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Gupta NC, Rogers JS, Graeber GM, Gregory JL, Waheed U, Mullet D, Atkins M. Clinical role of F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography imaging in patients with lung cancer and suspected malignant pleural effusion. Chest. 2002 Dec; 122(6):1918-24.