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Point-of-care multiorgan ultrasonography for the evaluation of undifferentiated hypotension in the emergency department
We analyzed the efficacy of a point-of-care ultrasonographic protocol, based on a focused multiorgan examination, for the diagnostic process of symptomatic, non-traumatic hypotensive patients in the emergency ...
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Diffuse neoplasms of the pleural serosa
This study describes the diffuse neoplastic conditions that may affect pleural membranes. These include mesothelioma, the most important and common malignancy of pleural origin, and metastatic involvement by c...
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Lung ultrasound in diagnosing and monitoring pulmonary interstitial fluid
Chronic heart failure is a complex clinical syndrome often characterised by recurrent episodes of acute decompensation. This is acknowledged as a major public health problem, leading to a steadily increasing n...
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Clinical application of lung ultrasound in patients with acute dyspnoea: differential diagnosis between cardiogenic and pulmonary causes
This review discusses the usefulness of bedside lung ultrasound in the diagnostic distinction between the various causes of acute dyspnoea in the emergency department, with special attention to the differentia...
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The pulmonary nodule: clinical and radiological characteristics affecting a diagnosis of malignancy
The role of computed tomography (CT) in the diagnosis of the solitary pulmonary nodule (SPN) is constantly expanding. CT helps to detect a growing number of increasingly small lesions, but, as with chest radio...
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Fibrous tumour of the pleura (SFTP): a proteiform disease. Clinical, histological and atypical radiological patterns selected among our cases
First described by Klemperer and Rabin in 1931, solitary fibrous tumour of the pleura (SFTP) is a mesenchymal tumour that tends to involve the pleura, although it has also been described in other thoracic area...
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Bronchogenic cysts in the adult: diagnostic criteria derived from the correct use of standard radiography and computed tomography
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CT features of solitary fibrous tumour of the pleura: experience in 26 patients
The purpose of this study was to identify the typical computed tomography (CT) features of solitary fibrous tumours of the pleura (SFTP) and determine which findings would allow confirmation of the pleural ori...
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The anterior mediastinum: anatomy and imaging procedures
The mediastinum is divided into compartments (anterior, middle, posterior) on the basis of lateral chest radiographs. Several anatomical and radiological classifications of the mediastinum are reported in the ...
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The anterior mediastinum: diseases
Mediastinal tumours are frequently asymptomatic and first noted on routine chest radiograph. In most cases, evaluation should proceed to spiral computed tomography (sCT) of the chest with iodinated contrast ma...
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A case of totally cystic fibroepithelial polyp of the renal pelvis
Fibroepithelial polyps are the most frequently observed mesenchymal tumors of the renal pelvis. We report on one case of fibroepithelial polyp of the renal pelvis with unusual CT findings of totally cystic st...
