MR imaging of benign and malignant pleural disease

Ritu R Gill; Victor H Gerbaudo; Francine L Jacobson; Beatrice Trotman-Dickenson; Shin Matsuoka; Andetta Hunsaker; David J Sugarbaker; Hiroto Hatabu

doi:10.1016/j.mric.2008.03.004

MR imaging of benign and malignant pleural disease

Magn Reson Imaging Clin N Am. 2008 May;16(2):319-39, x. doi: 10.1016/j.mric.2008.03.004.

Authors

Ritu R Gill¹, Victor H Gerbaudo, Francine L Jacobson, Beatrice Trotman-Dickenson, Shin Matsuoka, Andetta Hunsaker, David J Sugarbaker, Hiroto Hatabu

Affiliation

¹ Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA 02115, USA.

PMID: 18474335
DOI: 10.1016/j.mric.2008.03.004

Abstract

MR imaging serves as a problem-solving tool in the diagnosis of inflammatory and infectious pleural diseases and primary and secondary pleural malignancies. Knowledge of MR imaging appearance of pleural diseases, including pleural effusions and empyema, benign and malignant pleural tumors, and especially mesothelioma, helps guide treatment decisions and surgical planning.

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Review

MeSH terms

Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging*
Pleural Diseases / diagnosis*
Pleural Neoplasms / diagnosis*

Abstract

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