Ascites or pleural effusion? CT differentiation: four useful criteria.
CT can accurately distinguish between ascites and pleural fluid if the four signs described here are all considered in each case. Used individually these signs may be indeterminate or misleading.
Halvorsen
R A
RA
Department of Radiology, Veterans Administration Medical Center, Durham, NC 27705.
Fedyshin
P J
PJ
Korobkin
M
M
Foster
W L
WL
Thompson
W M
WM
D001201:Ascites / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D010996:Pleural Effusion / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*