Pleural Fluid Mesothelin as an Adjunct to the Diagnosis of Pleural Malignant Mesothelioma

Table 2

Characteristics of patients with positive effusion mesothelin and no evidence of malignancy.

Mesothelin (nM)	Age	Sex	Condition associated with effusion and comorbidities	Status	Time to follow-up	Asbestos exposed	Autopsy result
23	85	F	Tuberculosis	Deceased	4 days	Yes	ND
34	89	F	Idiopathic; (chronic bronchitis); Previous history of endometrial cancer (10 years ago)	Alive	4 months	No
28	77	M	Bilateral bronchopneumonia; pleural plaques	Deceased	13 months	Yes	No malignancy