title: [Current role of echography in the study of thoracic pathology].
abstract: Echotomographic examinations were performed in 64 patients suffering from thoracic wall, pleural, pulmonary and mediastinal diseases, after preliminary examinations using standard radiographic techniques. The value of echography in the detection and evaluation of the location and extent of the lesion is assessed. Particular stress is placed on the physical difficulties involved in the detection and correct evaluation of the relationship with the adjacent organs. The importance of echography in detecting the type of the lesion is under-lined and the semeiological criteria for its correct location are given.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Radiologia dell'Università, Pisa.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Malventi
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bagnolesi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cilotti
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Romagnoli
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Falaschi
mesh_terms: D002283:Carcinoma, Bronchogenic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008067:Lipoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008477:Mediastinal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008654:Mesothelioma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D010178:Pancoast Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D010995:Pleural Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010997:Pleural Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013896:Thoracic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013899:Thoracic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography
vernacular_title: Ruolo attuale dell'ecografia nello studio della patologia toracica.