title: [The value of body tomodensitometry for diagnosis in pneumology].
abstract: The authors present a preliminary work on 37 pulmonary tomodensitometry performed on 18 bronchial cancers, 7 pleuro-pulmonary metastases, 4 normal lungs and 8 various respiratory diseases. This method presents a double advantage:--first it localizes the affection in relation to pleura, mediastinum or heart; specially interesting in case of a transparietal puncture in carcinology;--secondly, densitometry enables a differentiation between dense tumoral tissue and ventilatory disorders or pleurisy; it is also useful in determining the tumoral target volume. Finally this new technique can show air cavities (emphysema, tuberculous or cancerous caverns) as well as pleurisies of small volume.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001984:Bronchial Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D003720:Densitometry; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D008875:Middle Aged; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D010998:Pleurisy / Q000175:diagnosis; D012140:Respiratory Tract Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
vernacular_title: Apports de la tomodensitometrie corporelle dans le diagnostic en pneumologie.