Auscultatory percussion of the chest.
In a controlled blind study 28 patients with prominent chest disease by chest X-ray each had normal or equivocal findings by conventional methods of percussion. In each case the lung abnormality was readily detected by auscultatory percussion. Lesions less than 2 cm in diameter were detected.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001314:Auscultation / Q000379:methods; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010474:Percussion / Q000379:methods; D011859:Radiography; D013896:Thoracic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging