Problems in the Application of Ultrasonography for the Evaluation of Pleural Opacities
- 1 January 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) in Radiology
- Vol. 126 (1), 211-214
- https://doi.org/10.1148/126.1.211
Abstract
Patients (59) with pleural abnormalities on chest radiographs were evaluated by B-mode ultrasonography; the lesions were categorized as echo-free or complex. Echo-free lesions included pleural fluid collections, and abnormalities which did not yield fluid through an appropriately positioned large caliber needle. Complex appearing lesions yielded fluid through a needle in all cases. Ultrasonography could not accurately predict which lesions were amenable to successful thoracocentesis. Findings from recent radiographs and clinical history must be known when the ultrasonographic findings in patients with chest abnormalities are interpreted.This publication has 4 references indexed in Scilit:
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