TY - JOUR T1 - Bilateral pleural effusion due to malignant mesothelioma, diagnosed by means of immunostaining JF - European Respiratory Journal JO - Eur Respir J SP - 833 LP - 836 DO - 10.1183/09031936.93.03070833 VL - 3 IS - 7 AU - GP Mannes AU - AS Gouw AU - PE Postmus Y1 - 1990/07/01 UR - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/3/7/833.abstract N2 - 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. ER -