title: [Oblique tomography (55 degrees) in chest disease (author's transl)].
abstract: Conventional lung tomography may not clearly reveal the component of a pathologic mass at a hilum. Oblique cuts proved to be superior in the visualization of enlarged lymph nodes, parenchymal shadows and great fissures. Several cases are presented.
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011667:Pulmonary Veins / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic / Q000379:methods*; D014056:Tomography, X-Ray / Q000379:methods*
vernacular_title: La tomografia obliqua (55 gradi) nello studio routinario della patologia toracica.