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Postgrad Med J 2003;79:569-574 doi:10.1136/pmj.79.936.569
  • Review

Serous effusions: diagnosis of malignancy beyond cytomorphology. An analytic review

  1. S K Mohanty,
  2. P Dey
  1. Department of Cytology, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
  1. Correspondence to:
 Dr Pranab Dey
 Department of Cytology, Post Graduate Institute of Medical, Education and Research, Chandigarh 160012, India; pranabsancharnet.in
  • Received 27 March 2003
  • Accepted 18 May 2003

Abstract

In this brief review, the role of various ancillary techniques to detect malignancy in effusion fluid are evaluated and discussed. The data were collected from a large number of research articles published in various medical journals. The role of these techniques to increase the diagnostic accuracy in serous effusions is emphasised.

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