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Tuberculous pleural effusions: Ultrasonic diagnosis
Author(s) -
Akhan Okan,
Demirkazik Figen Basaran,
Özmen Mustafa N,
Balkanci Ferhun,
Özkara Seref,
Cöplö Lötfi,
Emri Salih,
Besim Aytekin
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
journal of clinical ultrasound
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.272
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1097-0096
pISSN - 0091-2751
DOI - 10.1002/jcu.1870200708
Subject(s) - medicine , pleural thickening , ultrasonography , radiology , etiology , pleural effusion , pleurisy , thickening , computed tomography , pleural fluid , tuberculosis , pathology , chemistry , polymer science
Twenty patients with tuberculous pleural effusions were studied with ultrasonography. In 18 patients, ultrasonography demonstrated regular pleural thickening which was less than 1 cm except in 1 case. In 4 cases there were a few pleural nodules, whereas in 2 cases the pleural surface showed small nodularity. The latter finding may be diagnostic for a tuberculous etiology. Eighteen patients had multiple, delicate, mobile septations in the effusions, and a lattice‐like appearance had formed in 6 cases. Computed tomography was obtained in 7 cases, and pleural thickening was demonstrated in 6 of them. Ultrasonography is a useful imaging modality in the diagnosis of tuberculous pleurisy.