title: [Disorders of the pleura: technology of diagnosis].
abstract: The author substantiates the difficulty one has in making a differential diagnose of pleural diseases emphasizing the responsibility of the physician since 75% of the above diseases come to be due to tuberculosis and malignant tumors. The use of the proposed 4-stage algorithm-based technology of diagnosis will, the author believes, help in meeting diagnostic challenges, permitting the verification of diagnosis by day 2 to 4 after manifestation of the process.
authors.forename: I D
authors.initials: ID
authors.lastname: Duzhyĭ
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D006801:Humans; D010995:Pleural Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D010997:Pleural Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D011030:Pneumothorax / Q000175:diagnosis; D011859:Radiography; D014396:Tuberculosis, Pleural / Q000175:diagnosis