Diagnoses | Patients n |
Malignant pleural effusions | 221 |
Lung | 138 |
Lymphoma | 7 |
Mesothelioma | 10 |
Others | 66 |
Idiopathic | 76 |
Parapneumonic | 35 |
Post-CABG | 6 |
Miscellaneous exudates | 21 |
Trauma | 7 |
Rheumatoid arthritis | 5 |
Chylothorax | 3 |
Post-transplantation | 2 |
Pancreatitis | 2 |
Pulmonary embolism | 2 |
Transudates | 51 |
Congestive heart failure | 36 |
Hepatic cirrhosis | 9 |
Renal failure | 6 |
Tuberculosis | 76 |