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==Ultrasound== | ==Ultrasound== | ||
Ultrasonography is not needed in making diagnosis of pleural effusion however, chest or upper abdominal ultrasound may show subpulmonic effusion as shown below.<ref name="pmid18290818">{{cite journal| author=Almeida FA, Eiger G| title=Subpulmonic effusion. | journal=Intern Med J | year= 2008 | volume= 38 | issue= 3 | pages= 216-7 | pmid=18290818 | doi=10.1111/j.1445-5994.2007.01619.x | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=18290818 }} </ref><ref name="pmid7107669">{{cite journal| author=Connell DG, Crothers G, Cooperberg PL| title=The subpulmonic pleural effusion: sonographic aspects. | journal=J Can Assoc Radiol | year= 1982 | volume= 33 | issue= 2 | pages= 101-3 | pmid=7107669 | doi= | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=7107669 }} </ref><ref name="pmid3536306">{{cite journal| author=Halvorsen RA, Thompson WM| title=Ascites or pleural effusion? CT and ultrasound differentiation. | journal=Crit Rev Diagn Imaging | year= 1986 | volume= 26 | issue= 3 | pages= 201-40 | pmid=3536306 | doi= | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=3536306 }} </ref> | Ultrasonography is not needed in making diagnosis of pleural effusion however, chest or upper abdominal ultrasound may show subpulmonic effusion as shown below.<ref name="pmid18290818">{{cite journal| author=Almeida FA, Eiger G| title=Subpulmonic effusion. | journal=Intern Med J | year= 2008 | volume= 38 | issue= 3 | pages= 216-7 | pmid=18290818 | doi=10.1111/j.1445-5994.2007.01619.x | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=18290818 }} </ref><ref name="pmid7107669">{{cite journal| author=Connell DG, Crothers G, Cooperberg PL| title=The subpulmonic pleural effusion: sonographic aspects. | journal=J Can Assoc Radiol | year= 1982 | volume= 33 | issue= 2 | pages= 101-3 | pmid=7107669 | doi= | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=7107669 }} </ref><ref name="pmid3536306">{{cite journal| author=Halvorsen RA, Thompson WM| title=Ascites or pleural effusion? CT and ultrasound differentiation. | journal=Crit Rev Diagn Imaging | year= 1986 | volume= 26 | issue= 3 | pages= 201-40 | pmid=3536306 | doi= | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=3536306 }} </ref> | ||
[[Image:Subpulmonic effusion on ultrasonography.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Subpulmonic pleural effusion as shown by ultrasonography]] | [[Image:Subpulmonic effusion on ultrasonography.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Subpulmonic pleural effusion as shown by ultrasonography]] | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Prince Tano Djan, BSc, MBChB [2]
Overview
Ultrasound
Ultrasonography is not needed in making diagnosis of pleural effusion however, chest or upper abdominal ultrasound may show subpulmonic effusion as shown below.[1][2][3]
References
- ↑ Almeida FA, Eiger G (2008). "Subpulmonic effusion". Intern Med J. 38 (3): 216–7. doi:10.1111/j.1445-5994.2007.01619.x. PMID 18290818.
- ↑ Connell DG, Crothers G, Cooperberg PL (1982). "The subpulmonic pleural effusion: sonographic aspects". J Can Assoc Radiol. 33 (2): 101–3. PMID 7107669.
- ↑ Halvorsen RA, Thompson WM (1986). "Ascites or pleural effusion? CT and ultrasound differentiation". Crit Rev Diagn Imaging. 26 (3): 201–40. PMID 3536306.