Higher sensitivity of pericardial fluid cytology than biopsy in malignant effusions with potential explanation of false‐negative cytology: A multi‐institutional analysis
Takeda K, Gereg C, Liu X, Ma W, Bearse M, Tang H, Delfino I, Huang E, Lin X, Chandler J, Wang H. Higher sensitivity of pericardial fluid cytology than biopsy in malignant effusions with potential explanation of false‐negative cytology: A multi‐institutional analysis. Cytopathology 2024 PMID: 39301772, DOI: 10.1111/cyt.13447.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPericardial fluid cytologySensitivity of cytologyMalignant pericardial effusionMulti-institutional analysisFluid cytologyCytology casesPericardial effusionDiagnostic sensitivity of cytologyFalse-negative cytologyFalse-negative resultsSite of originConcurrent biopsyPericardial biopsyHistological subtypesMalignant effusionsHistologic reviewPericardial involvementRetrospective reviewMalignant casesPoor prognosisImmunohistochemistry studiesClinical historyDiagnostic superiorityBiopsyCytology