Tuberculous pleural effusions: Ultrasonic diagnosis
- 1 September 1992
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Clinical Ultrasound
- Vol. 20 (7) , 461-465
- https://doi.org/10.1002/jcu.1870200708
Abstract
Twenty patients with tuberculous pleural effusions were studied with ultrasonography. In 18 patients, ultrasonography demonstrated regular pleural thickening which was less than 1 cm except in 1 case. In 4 cases there were a few pleural nodules, whereas in 2 cases the pleural surface showed small nodularity. The latter finding may be diagnostic for a tuberculous etiology. Eighteen patients had multiple, delicate, mobile septations in the effusions, and a lattice-like appearance had formed in 6 cases. Computed tomography was obtained in 7 cases, and pleural thickening was demonstrated in 6 of them. Ultrasonography is a useful imaging modality in the diagnosis of tuberculous pleurisy.Keywords
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