Diagnostic work-up data for patients with lymphocytic effusions
| Closed pleural biopsy | Chest CT | Fibreoptic bronchoscopy | Lung scintigraphy | Thoracoscopy/thoracotomy | |
| Malignant | 207 | 106 | 83 | 15 | 3 |
| Idiopathic | 71 | 60 | 8 | 15 | 5 |
| Parapneumonic | 2 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| Post-CABG | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Miscellaneous | 7 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| Transudates | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Tuberculosis | 69 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
Data are presented as patients n
CT: computed tomography
CABG: coronary artery bypass grafting