Kalogeraki Alexandra, Lazopoulos George, Papadakis Georgios Z, Tamiolakis Dimitrios, Karvela-Kalogeraki Iliana, Karvelas-Kalogerakis Mihailos, Segredakis John, Chalkiadakis George E
Rom J Intern Med. 2016 Sep 1;54(3):179-183. doi: 10.1515/rjim-2016-0026.
Malignant pericardial effusion occurs in one tenth of all cancers. It is a very serious disorder that is mainly a secondary process due to metastasis because primary neoplasms of the pericardium such as mesotheliomas, sarcomas being exceedingly rare [corrected]. Pericardial effusion specimens are uncommon and to the best of our knowledge the current study is the largest systematic evaluation of pericardial fluid cytology performed to date.
Pericardial effusion specimens from 145 patients collected over a 25 [corrected] year period were studied by cytology [corrected]. The minimum pericardial fluid volume used for adequate cytologic diagnosis in these patients was more than 60 mL.
Cytological diagnosis revealed malignant pericardial exudates in 100% of the studied patients [corrected].
Cytology provides an immediate and accurate means of diagnosis. Immunocytology is very important in the diagnostic evaluation.
恶性心包积液在所有癌症患者中占十分之一。这是一种非常严重的病症，主要是由转移引起的继发性病变，因为原发性心包肿瘤如间皮瘤、肉瘤极为罕见[已修正]。心包积液标本并不常见，据我们所知，当前这项研究是迄今为止对心包液细胞学进行的最大规模系统评估。
对在25[已修正]年期间收集的145例患者的心包积液标本进行了细胞学[已修正]研究。这些患者用于充分细胞学诊断的最小心包液体积超过60毫升。
细胞学诊断显示，所研究的患者中100%存在恶性心包渗出液[已修正]。
细胞学提供了一种即时且准确的诊断方法。免疫细胞学在诊断评估中非常重要。
