PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - GP Mannes
AU  - AS Gouw
AU  - PE Postmus
TI  - Bilateral pleural effusion due to malignant mesothelioma, diagnosed by means of immunostaining
AID  - 10.1183/09031936.93.03070833
DP  - 1990 Jul 01
TA  - European Respiratory Journal
PG  - 833--836
VI  - 3
IP  - 7
4099  - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/3/7/833.short
4100  - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/3/7/833.full
SO  - Eur Respir J1990 Jul 01; 3
AB  - We report a patient who presented himself with a bilateral pleural effusion. Histology proved that this was caused by a malignant pleural mesothelioma. Immunostaining and DNA-flow cytometry confirmed the diagnosis. The usefulness of these rather new diagnostic techniques is discussed.