Echogenic swirling pattern as a predictor of malignant pleural effusions in patients with malignancies

Chest

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 129-134

  Chian, Chih Feng ^a   Su, Wen Lin ^a   Soh, Li Hui ^a   Yan, Horng Chin ^a   Perng, Wann Cherng ^a   Wu, Chin Pyng ^a  

^a TRI SERVICE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Echogenic swirling; Pleural effusions; Thoracentesis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREATHING MECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HEART BEAT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDICAL RECORD; PLEURA BIOPSY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA FLUID; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME ECHOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORACOCENTESIS;

EID: 3242684448     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.126.1.129     Document Type: Article

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