A new method of thoracocentesis using CT guidance in patients with a small amount of pleural fluid

CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 260-261

  Yoshitomo, Shinohara ^a   Kenichi, Sugizaki ^a   Kanae, Yamamoto ^b   Tatsuo, Kumazaki ^b  

^a Tokyo Metropolitan Health and Medical Treatment Corporation   (Japan)

^b NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

CT guidance; Cytological diagnosis; Diagnostic thoracocentesis; Pleuritis carcinomatosa

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYTODIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLEURA CANCER; PLEURA FLUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACOCENTESIS;

DRAINAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLEURAL EFFUSION; PUNCTURES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0033002750     PISSN: 01741551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002709900380     Document Type: Article

References (2)

1. Eibenberger L, Dock WI, Ammann ME, Dorffner R, Hörmann MF, Grabenwöger F (1994) Quantification of pleural effusions: Sonography versus radiography. Radiology 191:681-684
2. Klein JS, Schultz S, Heffner JE (1995) Interventional radiology of the chest: Image-guided percutaneous drainage of pleural effusions, lung abscess, and pneumothorax. AJR 163:581-588