Thoracic computed tomography in patients with suspected malignant pleural effusions

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 193-196

  Traill, Zoë C ^a   Davies, Robert J O ^a   Gleeson, Fergus V ^a  

^a CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fluid; Interventional procedure; Neoplasms; Pleura CT

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BENIGN TUMOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTODIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; PERCUTANEOUS BIOPSY; PLEURA BIOPSY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORACOCENTESIS; THORACOSCOPY; BIOPSY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PARACENTESIS; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARACENTESIS; PLEURAL EFFUSION, MALIGNANT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORACOSCOPY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0035286997     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/crad.2000.0573     Document Type: Article

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