Open AccessTransthoracic ultrasound sign in severe asthmatic patients: a lack of “gliding sign” mimic pneumothorax
Author(s) -
Anna Del Colle,
Giovanna Elisiana Carpagnano,
Beatrice Feragalli,
Maria Pia Foschino Barbaro,
Donato Lacedonia,
Giulia Scioscia,
Carla Maria Irene Quarato,
Enrico Buonamico,
Maria Giulia Tinti,
Gaetano Rea,
Cristiana Cipriani,
Elisabettamaria Frongillo,
Salvatore De Cosmo,
Giuseppe Guglielmi,
Marco Sperandeo
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
bjr case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2055-7159
DOI - 10.1259/bjrcr.20190030
Subject(s) - medicine , pneumothorax , thoracentesis , radiology , pleural effusion , percutaneous , ultrasound , sign (mathematics) , gold standard (test) , asthma , surgery , mathematical analysis , mathematics
Transthoracic ultrasound (TUS) is a validate complementary technique widely used in everyday medical practice. TUS is the gold-standard for studying pleural effusion and for echo-guided thoracentesis, moreover, it is employed in detection of pleural and pulmonary lesions adherent to pleural surface and their ccho-guided percutaneous needle biopsy (PTNB). 1 We used TUS technique to study severe asthma patients. We found that several patterns are constant in these patients. One of these patterns, i.e . lack of gliding sign, mimic pneumothorax (PNX). In this study, we attempted an echographic approach to asthma, trying to lay the first stone for the individuation of common ultrasound patterns in this disease.