Imaging of pleural diseases: evaluation of imaging methods based on chest radiography
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Tarih
2017
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Yayıncı
Turkish Assoc Tuberculosis & Thorax
Erişim Hakkı
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
Özet
The most commonly employed radiologic method in diagnosis of pleural diseases is conventional chest radiograph. The commonest chest-X- Ray findings are the presence of pleural effusion and thickening. Small pleural effusions are not readily identified on posteroanterior chest radiograph. However, lateral decubitus chest radiograph and chest ultrasonography may show small pleural effusions. These are more efficient methods than posteroanterior chest radiograph in the erect position for demonstrating small amounts of free pleural effusions. Chest ultrasonograph may be able to help in distinguishing the pleural pathologies from parenchymal lesions. On chest radiograph pleural effusions or pleural thickening may obscure the visibility of the underlying disease or parenchymal abnormality. Thus, computed tomography (CT) may provide additional information of determining the extent and severity of pleural disease and may help to differentiate malign pleural lesions from the benign ones. Moreover, CT may provide the differentiation of parenchmal abnormalities from pleural pathologies. CT (coronal and sagittal reformatted images) that also show invasion of chest wall, mediastinum and diaphragm, as well as enlarged hilar or mediastinal lymph nodes. Standart non-invasive imaging techniques may be supplemented with magnetic resonans imaging (MRI).
Açıklama
Anahtar Kelimeler
Pleural Diseases, Radiography, Ultrasonography, Computed Tomography
Kaynak
Tuberkuloz Ve Torak-Tuberculosis And Thorax
WoS Q Değeri
Scopus Q Değeri
Q3
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65
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1
