Discrimination between pleural thickening and minimal pleural effusion using color Doppler chest ultrasonography
Background: The discrimination of pleural thickening from minimal pleural effusion may be difficult as both lesions appear as anechoic on grayscale ultrasound, hence, free of “echoes” does not confirm the presence of pleural fluid. Aim of this study: To evaluate the value of color Doppler ultrasound...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2013-07-01
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| Series: | Egyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosis |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0422763813001040 |