Ploidy status of measured effusions in respect to cell type and nature of the underlying disease
| Euploid | Aneuploid | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| NHL, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. | |||
| Malignant | 7 | 71 | 78 |
| Mesotheliomas | 4 | 14 | 18 |
| Epithelial | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| Biphasic | 1 | 9 | 10 |
| Lung tumours | 2 | 31 | 33 |
| Adenocarcinomas | 2 | 23 | 25 |
| Parvicellular carcinoma | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Squamous cell carcinoma | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Breast cancers | 0 | 11 | 11 |
| Other malignomas (kidney (2), gastric (1), ovarian (1), thymus (1), and prostate (1) carcinomas, NHL (5) and sarcomas (2), unknown primary (3) | 1 | 15 | 16 |
| Benign | 42 | 0 | 42 |
| Acute inflammatory | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Tuberculous | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Chronic inflammatory | 32 | 0 | 32 |
| Total | 49 | 71 | 120 |