Tuberculous pleural effusions: Ultrasonic diagnosis
Journal of Clinical Ultrasound, cilt.20, sa.7, ss.461-465, 1992 (Scopus)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 20 Sayı: 7
- Basım Tarihi: 1992
- Doi Numarası: 10.1002/jcu.1870200708
- Dergi Adı: Journal of Clinical Ultrasound
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Scopus
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.461-465
- Anahtar Kelimeler: TUBERCULOSIS, PLEURAL, PLEURAL EFFUSION, COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY
- Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
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. Copyright © 1992 Wiley Periodicals, Inc., A Wiley Company