Cytopathologic analysis of pericardial effusions in 116 cases: Implications for poor prognosis in lung cancer patients with positive interpretations.

Lung cancer is the most common cause of large quantities of pericardial effusions. The present findings suggest that cytopathologic evaluation is valuable to predict the prognosis of cancer patients with pericardial effusions. Diagn. Cytopathol. 2017;45:287-293. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.