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Non‐small cell lung carcinoma metastatic cells in a pericardial effusion
Author(s) -
Gérard D.,
Thomas B.,
Lesesve J.F.
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
cytopathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.512
H-Index - 48
eISSN - 1365-2303
pISSN - 0956-5507
DOI - 10.1111/cyt.12545
Subject(s) - medicine , pericardial effusion , lung , pathology , pleural effusion , effusion , cytology , carcinoma , radiology , pericardium , surgery
Lung carcinoma can rarely present initially with a pericardial effusion. We describe a case with clearly illustrated images to emphasise that this situation can be encountered in everyday cytology practice.