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Pleural Fluid Analysis Shows Malignant Cells
Author(s)Matthew Hennig, MD
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After obtaining a thoracentesis in a 63-year-old woman who presented with significant dyspnea, you send the pleural fluid for analysis which shows malignant cells present consistent with a lung primary cancer.
What stage would her cancer be at this point?
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