Salyer W R, Eggleston J C, Erozan Y S
Chest. 1975 May;67(5):536-9. doi: 10.1378/chest.67.5.536.
A comparison was made of the efficacy of pleural needle biopsy and pleural-fluid cytopathology in the diagnosis of pleural tumor in a group of 271 patients. A malignant tumor involving the pleura was present in 95 cases. Needle biopsy alone provided a diagnosis of tumor in 53 instances, and cytopathologic preparations were diagnostic in 69 patients. A diagnosis was established on either the biopsy or cytopathology, or both, in 86 cases (90 percent). These results indicate the value of using both biopsy and fluid cytology in the evaluation of pleural effusion, which often is due to involvement of the pleura by malignant neoplasm.
对271例患者进行了胸膜针刺活检和胸水细胞病理学检查在胸膜肿瘤诊断中的疗效比较。95例患者存在累及胸膜的恶性肿瘤。单纯针刺活检确诊肿瘤53例，细胞病理学检查确诊69例。86例（90%）通过活检或细胞病理学检查，或两者均检查确诊。这些结果表明，在评估常因恶性肿瘤累及胸膜所致的胸腔积液时，联合应用活检和胸水细胞学检查具有重要价值。
