Your patient has cancer related to his chronic asbestos exposure. What is his pleural effusion fluid likely to show on laboratory analysis?
1) Erythrocytes
2) Lymphocytes
3) Normal mesothelial cells
4) Malignant mesothelial cells

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The pleural effusion fluid from a patient with cancer related to chronic asbestos exposure is likely to show malignant mesothelial cells. The fluid may also show lymphocytes and normal mesothelial cells. Erythrocytes may or may not be present in the fluid. Therefore, options A, B, and D are all incorrect. The correct answer is option C, as it includes all the possible cell types that may be seen in pleural effusion fluid from a patient with cancer related to chronic asbestos exposure.

Your Patient Has Cancer Related to His Chronic Asbestos Exposure