"pleural effusion(s): pleural carcinomatosis"
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"Mechanism"
"FDG PET-CT"
"Autopsy appearances of lymphangitis carcinomatosa were first described in 1824 by French physician Gabriel Andral (1797-1876) in a case of primary uterine cancer 9. Further case reports were published by German pathologist Dr Rudolf Virchow (1821-1902) in 1855 17, H Demme in 1858, John Syer Bristowe (1827-1895) in 1868, E Troisier in 1873 (who coined the term 'lymphangitis carcinomatosa' 13), and Maurice Raynaud in 1874. Many of these case reports were referenced by J Girode in 1889 when reporting lymphangitis carcinomatosa in a case of gastric carcinoma, who proposed a mechanism of lymphatic spread 16."