Mathis G, Metzler J, Feurstein M, Fussenegger D, Sutterlütti G
Interne Abteilung des Krankenhauses Hohenems.
Ultraschall Med. 1990 Dec;11(6):281-3. doi: 10.1055/s-2007-1011576.
33 patients with clinical signs of pulmonary infarction were investigated by intercostal chest sonography. 40 preponderant triangular sharply outlined echo-poor lesions were detected with an airdense reflex in the centre of the area as a sign of segmental involvement. Sonomorphology of pulmonary infarction is compared to pneumonias (n = 22) and carcinomas (n = 20). The sensitivity of chest sonography in pulmonary infarction is 96%, whereas the diagnostic accuracy is 82%.
