The interpretation of the data from the ultrasonic examination of patients with acute and chronic suppurative lung and pleural diseases
Tsurupa, D.I.; Sadchikova, I.A.; Blashentseva, S.A.; Odintsov, A.V.
Vestnik Khirurgii Imeni I. I. Grekova 154(3): 17-21
1995
ISSN/ISBN: 0042-4625 PMID: 8743777 Document Number: 449281
Observations were made in 104 patients with acute and chronic lung abscesses and pleural empyema. The endoscopic, bacteriological and ultrasonic methods were used to make full diagnosis and to begin treatment. This article describes the part of the work devoted to the ultrasonic diagnostics. Different forms of lung abscesses were revealed and explained. The method was used to differentiate the collection of pus in the lung and pleural cavity, to reveal the structure of pathologic processes and its development, to learn the character of changes in the lungs and pleural space. The method is rather simple and gives the doctor much information about the condition of the pathologic tissue.