| Literature DB >> 1582317 |
A N Vernon1, L R Sheeler, C V Biscotti, J K Stoller.
Abstract
We present a patient with a symptomatic pleural effusion resulting from papillary carcinoma of the thyroid metastatic to the pleura. Distinctive features include clinically evident pleural metastasis and the presence of psammoma bodies in the pleural fluid, which are characteristic (albeit not pathognomonic) of papillary carcinoma of the thyroid.Entities:
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Year: 1992 PMID: 1582317 DOI: 10.1378/chest.101.5.1448
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Chest ISSN: 0012-3692 Impact factor: 9.410