Avinash  Mane, Mahendra  Patil, S.R.  Upadhey, 
    Serous Effusions: A Clinicopathological Study,
    Research Journal of Medical Sciences,
    Volume 9,Issue 6,
    2015,
    Pages 319-322,
    ISSN 1815-9346,
    rjmsci.2015.319.322,
    (https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=rjmsci.2015.319.322)
    Abstract: he term serous effusion refers to the fluid
collected in the three serous cavities namely-pleural,
peritoneal and pericardial. Various disease processes may
disturb this equilibrium and can lead to accumulation of
larger amount of fluids, leading to effusion. Depending
upon the disease process the nature and composition of
fluid may vary. Fluid tapping, a minimally invasive
diagnostic as well as therapeutic procedure with serous
fluid examination is a well-established method for
determining the etiology of effusions. In case of clinical
suspicion of malignant effusion, typing of fluid into
exudate or transudate and wet mount preparation for
abnormal cells may be done before examination of fixed
smears for malignant cells as we did not find any
transudative fluid positive for malignancy.
    Keywords: Effusions;fluid;clot;transudate or exudate;pleural