Research Article
A Retrospective Study of Ultrasound Characteristics and Macroscopic Findings in Confirmed Malignant Pleural Effusion
Table 1
Primary origin and type of malignant disease in patients with malignant pleural effusion.
| | Site and type of tumor | Patients (N) |
| | Lung adenocarcinoma | 34 |
| | Small cell lung carcinoma | 5 |
| | Non-small cell lung carcinoma | 4 |
| | Pleural mesothelioma | 6 |
| | Gastric adenocarcinoma | 9 |
| | Colon adenocarcinoma | 16 |
| | Invasive ductal breast cancer | 14 |
| | Ovarian carcinoma | 4 |
| | Endometrial carcinoma | 2 |
| | Thymic carcinoma | 1 |
| | Papillary carcinoma of the urinary bladder | 1 |
| | Melanoma | 2 |
| | Non-Hodgkin lymphoma | 5 |
| | Acute myeloid leukemia | 1 |
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