Characteristic | Patients | ||
---|---|---|---|
n | % | ||
Sex | |||
Male | 27 | 84 | |
Female | 5 | 16 | |
Malignant diagnoses (19 patients) | |||
Malignant pleural mesothelioma | 10 | 31 | |
Sarcoma of chest wall | 2 | 6 | |
Large cell carcinoma | 2 | 6 | |
Malignant solitary fibrous tumor | 1 | 3 | |
Adenocarcinoma | 1 | 3 | |
Clear cell carcinoma | 1 | 3 | |
Undifferentiated carcinoma | 1 | 3 | |
Metastasis of colon carcinoma | 1 | 3 | |
Benign diagnoses (13 patients) | |||
Fibrosis | 6 | 19 | |
Reactive pleuritis | 3 | 9 | |
Infectious pleuritis | 2 | 6 | |
Benign solitary fibrous tumor | 1 | 3 | |
Asbestosis | 1 | 3 |