MR imaging of benign and malignant pleural disease.
MR imaging serves as a problem-solving tool in the diagnosis of inflammatory and infectious pleural diseases and primary and secondary pleural malignancies. Knowledge of MR imaging appearance of pleural diseases, including pleural effusions and empyema, benign and malignant pleural tumors, and especially mesothelioma, helps guide treatment decisions and surgical planning.
Gill
Ritu R
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Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Gerbaudo
Victor H
VH
Jacobson
Francine L
FL
Trotman-Dickenson
Beatrice
B
Matsuoka
Shin
S
Hunsaker
Andetta
A
Sugarbaker
David J
DJ
Hatabu
Hiroto
H
D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D010995:Pleural Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010997:Pleural Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*