title: Ultrasound study of the pleura.
abstract: This review describes the sonographic morphology of the most important pleural diseases and defines the role of sonography compared with chest radiography and CT in diagnostic work-up of pleural pathology.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Radiology, Städtisches Klinikum Wiesbaden, Germany.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Wernecke
mesh_terms: D016477:Artifacts; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D010994:Pleura / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D010995:Pleural Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography