我院近年来收治 60岁以上老年胸腔积液病员 82例 ,其中67例明确诊断 ,15例最后仍未能明确病因。现分析报告如下 :1　临床资料1 1　一般资料 :分析组 67例 ,患者年龄在 60～ 84岁 ,其中男性 46例 ,女性 2 1例 ,平均年龄 68 7岁。对照组 43例 ,患者年龄在 2 3岁至 5 0岁 ,其中男 In our hospital in recent years, 82 cases of elderly patients with pleural effusion over the age of 60, of which 67 cases of definite diagnosis, 15 cases finally failed to clear the cause. Now the analysis report is as follows: 1 Clinical data 1 1 General information: Analysis group of 67 cases, patients aged 60 to 84 years, 46 males and 21 females, mean age 68.7 years old. The control group of 43 patients, patients aged 23 to 50 years, of whom men