Lymphangitic Carcinomatosis as a Cause of Malignant Transient Pleural Transudate

Table 1

Pleural fluid changes between both thoracocenteses.

	16/07/03	07/08/03
Cholesterol mg/dL	26	67
Proteins g/dL PF	1.1	4.1
Proteins g/dL S	7.6	6.8
Proteins PF/S	0.14	0.6
LDH U/L PF	49	461
LDH U/L S	504	514
LDH PF/S	0.1	0.8
Albumin g/dL PF	2.89	2.63
Albumin g/dL S	4.31	3.57
Albumin gradient	1.4	0.9
CEA ng/mL	278	267
Erythrocytes	1760	1480
Cytology	$+$	$+$

S: serum; PF: pleural fluid