The cell block method increases the diagnostic yield in exudative pleural effusions accompanying lung cancer

Thoracentesis is the first investigation to be performed in a patient with lung cancer and pleural effusion. The diagnostic yield of conventional smear studies varies in the first thoracentesis. In this study, we aimed to investigate if the cell block method increases the diagnostic yield in exudative pleural effusions accompanying lung cancer.Forty patients with lung cancer and exudative pleural effusions were included. Ten mililiters of fresh...