[The role of the ultrasonography in pulmonary diagnostics].
This article presents a review of ultrasonographic methods and their usefulness in pulmonary diagnostics. Because of its advantages ultrasonography offers a quick, cheap, and safe diagnostics of variety of pulmonary diseases. The role of ultrasound in diagnostics of lung neoplasms, pleural, diaphragma, pericardium and vessels pathology was described. Some restrictions of this tool were mentioned. The newest methods of endobronchial ultrasound were also discussed.
I Oddział Gruźlicy i Chorób Płuc Specjalistycznego Szpitala im. prof. A. Sokołowskiego w Szczecinie. mygreg@poczta.onet.pl
Grzegorz
G
Mysiorski
Iwona
I
Witkiewicz
Roman
R
Sowiński
D001999:Bronchoscopy / Q000379:methods; D019160:Endosonography / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D010995:Pleural Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional / Q000379:methods
Miejsce ultrasonografii w diagnostyce pulmonologicznej.