title: CT and MR in pleural disease.
abstract: A number of different imaging modalities can be used in the assessment of pleural disease. Although ultrasound has been the more traditional method, CT has found increasing utility for the assessment of the empyema and loculated pleural fluid collections prior to drainage and the evaluation of benign and malignant pleural tumors. MRI has a limited but important role particularly in the evaluation of focal pleural tumors such as lipomas and in determining the extent of malignant mesothelioma prior to therapy.
authors.affiliation: Harvard Medical School, Department of Radiology, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
authors.forename: T C
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: McLoud
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D016724:Empyema, Pleural / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008067:Lipoma / Q000175:diagnosis; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008654:Mesothelioma / Q000175:diagnosis; D010994:Pleura / Q000473:pathology; D010995:Pleural Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010996:Pleural Effusion / Q000175:diagnosis; D010997:Pleural Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed