[Usefulness of ultrasonics in the diagnosis of pleuro-pulmonary diseases].
We performed ultrasound studies in 67 patients with opacities adjacent to the thoracic wall. An accurate diagnosis of the nature of the lesion was made in 95% of cases. The yield of thoracocentesis was increased by marking guided by ultrasound.
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Departamento de Broncopulmonar y Servicio, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile (División Occidente), Hospital San Juan de Dios, Santiago de Chile.
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Valenzuela
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D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D010995:Pleural Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D010997:Pleural Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D014463:Ultrasonography
Utilidad del ultrasonido en el diagnóstico de la patología pleuropulmonar.