Pleural tumor imaging

Pleural tumor imaging
Pleural tumor imaging (1) X-ray examination: a benign pleural mesothelioma usually presents around the type, sharp edges, and the chest wall into the obtuse angle of the mass. Malignant pleural mesothelioma was mainly for thickening and pleural effusion.
Pleural tumor imaging studies (2) CT scan: Can early detection of pleural abnormalities. A small amount of pleural effusion and in the basement of a small pleural tumor nodules in CT map shows easy. According to the density difference, encapsulated pleural effusion usually and violations of identification or chest wall tumors, malignant pleural mesothelioma can provide information on extent of disease and to understand whether the lung primary tumor and mediastinal lymph node metastasis, but also help clear diagnose and develop treatment programs.
Pleural tumor imaging (3) B Ultra Profiler: help determine pleural effusion, is conducive to distinguish the uniform of encapsulated pleural mass and pleural effusion.