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Diagnostic Accuracy of B-Mode- and Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound in Differentiating Malignant from Benign Pleural Effusions.

Ehsan Safai ZadehJohanna WeideChristoph Frank DietrichCorinna TrenkerAndreas Rembert KoczullaChristian Görg
Published in: Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) (2021)
The use of clinically based B-TUS and CEUS as a complementary method to cytological evaluation may be beneficial for evaluating a PE of unknown cause. CEUS patterns of enhanced pleural thickening and inhomogeneous enhanced lung consolidation may suggest a malignant PE.
Keyphrases
  • contrast enhanced ultrasound
  • contrast enhanced
  • magnetic resonance
  • computed tomography
  • fine needle aspiration