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. 2012 Aug 2;7(8):e42043. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0042043

Table 4. Clinicopathologic characteristics of 8 patients with pleural recurrences.

PatientNo. Age/Sex DiagnosticMethods OperativeProcedure Pathologic findings ConcomitantRecurrences Time toRecurrence (mo) Outcome
Histology Size(mm) pl/v/ly
1 63/M CTNB Lobe Ad 13 +/−/− - 24 DOD
2 75/M BFS Lobe Ad 20 +/+/+ - 10 DOD
3 83/F BFS Lobe Ad 22 −/−/− - 50 DOD
4 64/M BFS Lobe Ad 12 +/+/− LN, PUL 24 DOD
5 72/M BFS Lobe Ad 15 −/−/− PUL 36 DOD
6 75/M BFS Lobe Sq 25 −/−/+ LN, PUL, HEP 50 DOD
7 53/M BFS Lobe Ad 32 −/−/− LN, PUL, BRA 36 DOD
8 69/M BFS Lobe Ad 38 +/−/− PUL 24 AWD

M = male, F = female, CTNB = computer tomography guided needle biopsy, BFS = bronchoscopy, Lobe = lobectomy, Ad = adenocarcinoma, Sq = squamous cell carcinoma, pl = microscopic pleural invasion, v =  microscopic vascular invasion, ly =  microscopic lymphatic invasion.

LN = lympho node, PUL = pulmonary metastasis, BRA = brain metastasis, HEP =  Liver metastasis, AWD = alive with disease, DOD = dead of disease.