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British Association for Cytopathology February 2025 Case Study

Dual Pathology in a Pleural Fluid

Sarah Reeves, Consultant Biomedical Scientist, East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust

Clinical Information

  • 77 year old male
  • Worsening shoulder, back and chest pain, breathlessness as well as

generalised weakness and falls

  • Reviewed in pleural clinic due to CT results showing left loculated

effusion and right calcified plaques following a history of falling

  • Patient indicated weight loss and loss of appetite
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