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Contrast-enhanced ultrasound does not discriminate between community acquired pneumonia and lung cancer.
Sperandeo, Marco; Rea, Gaetano; Grimaldi, Maria Arcangela; Trovato, Francesca; Dimitri, Lucia M C; Carnevale, Vincenzo.
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  • Sperandeo M; Unit of Interventional Ultrasound of Internal Medicine, "Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza" Hospital, IRCCS, San Giovanni Rotondo, Foggia, Italy.
  • Rea G; Department of Radiology, Ultrasound Diagnostic Unit, "Monaldi" Hospital, AO dei Colli, Naples, Italy.
  • Grimaldi MA; Unit of Internal Medicine, "Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza" Hospital, IRCCS, San Giovanni Rotondo, Foggia, Italy.
  • Trovato F; Department of Internal Medicine, University of Catania, Catania, Italy.
  • Dimitri LM; Unit of Pathology, "Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza" Hospital, IRCCS, San Giovanni Rotondo, Foggia, Italy.
  • Carnevale V; Unit of Internal Medicine, "Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza" Hospital, IRCCS, San Giovanni Rotondo, Foggia, Italy.
Thorax ; 72(2): 178-180, 2017 02.
Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-27742872
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We investigated if contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) may differentiate community acquired pneumonia (CAP) from lung cancer (LC). Among 1374 patients admitted in a 5-year period for lung opacities, 728 (329 CAP and 399 LC) were investigated by CEUS, comparing the time of appearance, disappearance, duration and pattern of distribution of contrast enhancement (CE). The patients with CAP and LC did not differ in terms of age, time of CE appearance, disappearance and duration or CE distribution. Our data show that the timing and pattern of CE detected by chest CEUS does not distinguish between CAP and LC and overly optimistic beliefs on this matter should be abandoned.
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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Pneumonia / Ultrasonography / Community-Acquired Infections / Contrast Media / Lung Neoplasms Type of study: Diagnostic_studies / Prognostic_studies Limits: Aged / Female / Humans / Male Language: En Journal: Thorax Year: 2017 Type: Article Affiliation country: Italy
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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Pneumonia / Ultrasonography / Community-Acquired Infections / Contrast Media / Lung Neoplasms Type of study: Diagnostic_studies / Prognostic_studies Limits: Aged / Female / Humans / Male Language: En Journal: Thorax Year: 2017 Type: Article Affiliation country: Italy