Serous Effusions Etiology, Diagnosis, Prognosis and Therapy /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Davidson, Ben (Editor), Firat, Pinar (Editor), Michael, Claire W. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Springer London : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Internal medicine.; Oncology.; Medical biochemistry.; Pathology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Internal Medicine.; Medical Biochemistry.

Serous (peritoneal, pleural and pericardial) effusions are a frequently encountered clinical finding in everyday medical practice and one of the most common specimen types submitted for cytological evaluation. The correct diagnosis of effusions is critical for patient management, as well as for prog...

Table of Contents:

• Benign effusions
• Lung carcinoma
• Ovarian/primary peritoneal carcinoma
• Breast carcinoma
• Malignant mesothelioma
• Hematological hematologic and lymphoid neoplasia
• Cancer of other origin
• Lung carcinoma
• Ovarian/primary peritoneal carcinoma
• Breast carcinoma
• Malignant mesothelioma
• Cancer of other origin.