Ultrasound in the diagnosis and management of pleural disease

Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 282-290

  Tsai, Tzu Hsiu ^a   Yang, Pan Chyr ^a,b,c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Pleural disease; Pleural effusion; Pleural thickening; Pleural tumors; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DRAIN; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYDROTHORAX; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PLEURA CAVITY; PLEURA DISEASE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA THICKENING; PLEURA TUMOR; PLEURISY; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; THORACOCENTESIS; THORAX PAIN; THORAX WALL;

HUMANS; PLEURAL DISEASES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 0037662823     PISSN: 10705287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00063198-200307000-00007     Document Type: Review

References (36)

1. Yang PC: Ultrasound-guided transthoracic biopsy of the chest. Radiol Clin North Am 2000, 38:323-343. This review provides a detailed description of current applications of US as a diagnostic tool and the state-of-the-art use of US-guided interventional procedures in chest diseases. The indications and advantages, imaging techniques, diagnostic spectrum, biopsy procedures, and potential complications and contraindications are included.
2. Yang PC: Ultrasound-guided transthoracic biopsy of peripheral lung, pleural, and chest wall lesions. J Thorac Imaging 1997, 12:272-284.
3. Yang PC, Kuo SH, Luh KT: Ultrasonography and ultrasound-guided needle biopsy of chest diseases: indications, techniques, diagnostic yields and complications. J Med Ultrasound 1993, 1:53-63.
4. Yang PC: Application of colour Doppler ultrasound in the diagnosis of chest diseases. Respirology 1997, 2:231-238.
5. Beckh S, Bolcskei PL, Lessnau KD: Real-time chest ultrasonography: a comprehensive review for the pulmonologist. Chest 2002 122:1759-1773. This article is also a comprehensive review of the clinical applications of real-time US in pulmonary and critical care medicine.
6. Yang PC, Sheu JC, Luh KT: Clinical application of real-time ultrasonography in pleural and subpleural lesion. J Formos Med Assoc 1984, 83:646-657.
7. Wernecke K: Ultrasound study of the pleura. Eur Radiol 2000, 10:1515-1523.
8. Mathis G: Thoraxsonography-part I: chest wall and pleura. Ultrasound Med Biol 1997, 23:1131-1139. An overview of ultrasonographic examination in the chest wall and various pleural diseases.
9. Muller NL: Imaging of the pleura. Radiology 1993, 186:297-309.
10. McLoud TC, Flower CD: Imaging the pleura: sonography, CT, and MR imaging. AJR Am J Roentgenol 1991, 156:1145-1153.
11. Yu CJ, Yang PC, Chang DB, et al.: Diagnostic and therapeutic use of chest sonography: value in critically ill patients. AJR Am J Roentgenol 1992, 159:695-701.
12. Yang PC, Luh KT, Chang DB, et al.: Value of sonography in determining the nature of pleural effusion: analysis of 320 cases. AJR Am J Roentgenol 1992, 159:29-33. This article presents the associations between the nature of pleural effusions and their US characteristics. US was proved to be informative in predicting the nature of pleural effusions in this study comprising 320 cases.
13. Hirsch JH, Rogers JV, Mack LA: Real-time sonography of pleural opacities. AJR Am J Roentgenol 1981, 136:297-301.
14. Ko JC, Yang PC, Chang DB, et al.: Ultrasonographic evaluation of peridiaphragmatic lesions: a prospective study. J Med Ultrasound 1994, 2:84-92.
15. Yu CJ, Yang PC, Wu HD, et al.: Ultrasound study in unilateral hemithorax opacification. Image comparison with computed tomography. Am Rev Respir Dis 1993, 147:430-434.
16. Yang PC, Luh KT, Chang DB, et al.: Ultrasonographic evaluation of pulmonary consolidation. Am Rev Respir Dis 1992, 146:757-762.
17. Gorg C, Restrepo I, Schwerk WB: Sonography of malignant pleural effusion. Eur Radiol 1997, 7:1195-1198.
18. Gorg C, Gorg K, Schwerk WB, et al.: Sonography of the diaphragmatic pleura in tumor patients. Ultraschall Med 1988, 9:274-278.
19. Chen KY, Liaw YS, Wang HC, et al.: Sonographic septation: a useful prognostic indicator of acute thoracic empyema. J Ultrasound Med 2000, 19:837-843.
20. Eibenberger KL, Dock WI, Ammann ME, et al.: Quantification of pleural effusions: sonography versus radiography. Radiology 1994, 191:681-684.
21. Lorenz J, Borner N, Nikolaus HP: Sonographic volumetry of pleural effusions. Ultraschall Med 1988, 9:212-215.
22. Laing FC, Filly RA: Problems in the application of ultrasonography for the evaluation of pleural opacities. Radiology 1978, 126:211-214.
23. Marks WM, Filly RA, Callen PW: Real-time evaluation of pleural lesions: new observations regarding the probability of obtaining free fluid. Radiology 1982, 142:163-164.
24. Wu RG, Yuan A, Liaw YS, et al.: Image comparison of real-time gray-scale ultrasound and color Doppler ultrasound for use in diagnosis of minimal pleural effusion. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1994, 150:510-514.
25. Wu RG, Yang PC, Kuo SH, et al.: Fluid color sign: a useful indicator for discrimination between pleural thickening and pleural effusion. J Ultrasound Med 1995, 14:767-769. This article shows that "fluid color" sign on color Doppler US is a useful diagnostic aid to grayscale US in detecting the presence of pleural fluid with relatively high sensitivity and specificity.
26. Hello A, Stenwig AE, Solheim OP: Malignant pleural mesothelioma: US-guided histologic core-needle biopsy. Radiology 1999, 211:657-659.
27. Chang DB, Yang PC, Luh KT, et al.: Ultrasound-guided pleural biopsy with Tru-Cut needle. Chest 1991, 100:1328-1333.
28. Glazer HS, Duncan-Meyer J, Aronberg DJ, et al.: Pleural and chest wall invasion in bronchogenic carcinoma: CT evaluation. Radiology 1985, 157:191-194.
29. Sugama Y, Tamaki S, Kitamura S, et al.: Ultrasonographic evaluation of pleural and chest wall invasion of lung cancer. Chest 1988, 93:275-279. This article presents the role of US in evaluating tumor extension to the pleura and chest wall. The authors describe different UPs and features that indicate invasion of tumors into the pleural cavity and chest wall.
30. Suzuki N, Saitoh T, Kitamura S: Tumor invasion of the chest wall in lung cancer: diagnosis with US. Radiology 1993, 187:39-42.
31. Yang PC, Chang DB, Yu CJ, et al.: Ultrasound-guided core biopsy of thoracic tumors. Am Rev Respir Dis 1992, 146:763-767.
32. Gehmacher O, Kopf A, Scheier M, et al.: Can pleurisy be detected with ultrasound? Ultraschall Med 1997, 18:214-219.
33. Targhetta R, Bourgeois JM, Chavagneux R, et al.: Ultrasonic signs of pneumothorax: preliminary work. J Clin Ultrasound 1993, 21:245-250.
34. Targhetta R, Bourgeois JM, Chavagneux R, et al.: Ultrasonographic approach to diagnosing hydropneumothorax. Chest 1992, 101:931-934.
35. O'Moore PV, Mueller PR, Simeone JF, et al.: Sonographic guidance in diagnostic and therapeutic interventions in the pleural space. AJR Am J Roentgenol 1987, 149:1-5.
36. Patel MC, Flower CD: Radiology in the management of pleural disease. Eur Radiol 1997, 7:1454-1462.