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Clinical Implication of Malignant Pleural Lavage Cytology (PLC) in Primary Lung Cancer  

김용희 (울산대학교 의과대학 서울아산병원 흉부외과)
박승일 (울산대학교 의과대학 서울아산병원 흉부외과)
김동관 (울산대학교 의과대학 서울아산병원 흉부외과)
공경엽 (울산대학교 의과대학 서울아산병원 병리과)
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Journal of Chest Surgery / v.37, no.3, 2004 , pp. 252-260 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of study is to evaluate the clinical implication of malignant Pleural Lavage Cytology (PLC) in primary lung cancer. 315 patients were examined with pleural lavage cytology in Asan Medical Center between November 1998 and August 2002. The patients were chosen from primary lung cancer patients with no pleural effusion according to preoperative radiologic examination; no tumor invasion into the chest wall and no diffuse pleural adhesion in intraoperative findings, The pleural cavity and lung were washed with 100 $m\ell$ of warm normal saline. The 315 patients consisted of 237 men and 78 women. The incidence of malignant PLC was found in 28 patients (8.9%). For patients in early stages (I & II), survival rate was 93.9% in positive malignant PLC and 85.7% in negative malignant PLC. 31 patients (13.6%) had local or distant recurrences; 2-year recurrence-free rate was 90.1% in negative PLC and 87.5% in positive PLC. The survival and recurrence-free rate in each stage were not statistically associated with the result of PLC. Median follow-up was 16.4 months from the surgery. To access implication of malignant PLC in primary lung cancer, a long-term follow-up and further study are required.
Keywords
Irigation; carcinoma, non-small cell, lung; Pleural effusion; Cytology;
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