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 GörgPublished 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.