Derivation and validation of a CT scan scoring system for discriminating malignant from benign pleural effusions

Chest

Volumn 147, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 513-519

  Porcel, José M ^a   Pardina, Marina ^a   Bielsa, Silvia ^a   González, Antonio ^a   Light, Richard W ^b  

^a HOSPITAL ARNAU DE VILANOVA   (Spain)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL MASS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BENIGN PLEURA EFFUSION; CARDIOMEGALY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER METASTASIS; LUNG NODULE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT PLEURA EFFUSION; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PLEURA EFFUSION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RADIOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL MODEL; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLEURAL EFFUSION; PLEURAL EFFUSION, MALIGNANT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84928060220     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.14-0013     Document Type: Article

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