Clinical diagnosis and sample site
| Diagnosis | Peritoneal effusion | Pleural effusion | Pericardial effusion | Peritoneal washing | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NOS, not otherwise specified. | |||||
| Breast carcinoma | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| Benign ovarian cyst | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| Ovarian borderline tumour | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Ovarian carcinoma | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 10 |
| Endometrial carcinoma | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| Tubal carcinoma | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Cervix carcinoma | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Colon carcinoma | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Lung carcinoma | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Adenocarcinoma NOS | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Non-epithelial malignancy | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Benign tumour NOS | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Total | 9 | 25 | 1 | 14 | 49 |