title: [Radiologic manifestation of primary pleural tumors].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To show the radiological manifestations of primary pleural tumors.
  
  
  METHODS
  we carried out a retrospective analysis of radiological findings in 62 patients with primary malignant tumor of pleura.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Study included 39 male and 23 female patients. Malignant tumors were present in 92.7% of the patients and benign ones in 7.2%. The most common malignant tumor was mesothelioma (85.4%), and solitary fibrous tumor prevailed among benign tumors (9.7%). Diffuse malignant mesothelioma manifested on computed tomography (CT) as a pleural thickening and effusion in 67.4% of the patients, tumors and effusion in 11.7%, and only as an effusion in 9.8% cases. Thickening of the pleura appeared diffuse in 54% of patients and most often it had nodular pattern. Both localized malignant and all benign tumors presented as tumor-like changes with the signs of necrosis in 50%.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The imaging methods have a key role in the diagnosis of pleural tumors. CT shows different morphologic features of pleural lesions that have been established as a useful tool for differentiating malignant from benign disease. However, magnetic resonance is preferred imaging method for assessing the extent and resectability of pleural tumors.
authors.affiliation: Medicinski fakultet u Beogradu.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Stević
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Jovanović
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mandarić
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Pesut
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Masulović
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Stosić-Opinćal
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Adzić
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Vasić
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008654:Mesothelioma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D010997:Pleural Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed