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==Chest X Ray== | ==Chest X Ray== | ||
Chest radiography is the initial imaging modality in evaluation of pleural disease.<ref name="pmid8680381">{{cite journal| author=Maffessanti M, Bortolotto P, Grotto M| title=Imaging of pleural diseases. | journal=Monaldi Arch Chest Dis | year= 1996 | volume= 51 | issue= 2 | pages= 138-44 | pmid=8680381 | doi= | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=8680381 }} </ref> | Chest radiography is the initial imaging modality in evaluation of pleural disease.<ref name="pmid8680381">{{cite journal| author=Maffessanti M, Bortolotto P, Grotto M| title=Imaging of pleural diseases. | journal=Monaldi Arch Chest Dis | year= 1996 | volume= 51 | issue= 2 | pages= 138-44 | pmid=8680381 | doi= | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=8680381 }} </ref> Lateral is superior in detecting parapneumonic effusions and empyema compared to anteroposterior chest x ray.<ref name="pmid27793503">{{cite journal| author=Moffett BK, Panchabhai TS, Nakamatsu R, Arnold FW, Peyrani P, Wiemken T et al.| title=Comparing posteroanterior with lateral and anteroposterior chest radiography in the initial detection of parapneumonic effusions. | journal=Am J Emerg Med | year= 2016 | volume= 34 | issue= 12 | pages= 2402-2407 | pmid=27793503 | doi=10.1016/j.ajem.2016.09.021 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=27793503 }} </ref> | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Overview
Chest X Ray
Chest radiography is the initial imaging modality in evaluation of pleural disease.[1] Lateral is superior in detecting parapneumonic effusions and empyema compared to anteroposterior chest x ray.[2]
References
- ↑ Maffessanti M, Bortolotto P, Grotto M (1996). "Imaging of pleural diseases". Monaldi Arch Chest Dis. 51 (2): 138–44. PMID 8680381.
- ↑ Moffett BK, Panchabhai TS, Nakamatsu R, Arnold FW, Peyrani P, Wiemken T; et al. (2016). "Comparing posteroanterior with lateral and anteroposterior chest radiography in the initial detection of parapneumonic effusions". Am J Emerg Med. 34 (12): 2402–2407. doi:10.1016/j.ajem.2016.09.021. PMID 27793503.