Department of Internal Medicine, Jersey City Medical Center/Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New Jersey, NJ-07302.
J Thorac Dis. 2009 Dec;1(1):46-7.
Chest X Ray is the initial screening test for the mesothelioma like all other the chest diseases. But computed tomography (CT) is the imaging technique of choice for charactering pleural masses. CT also gives important information regarding invasion of the chest wall and surrounding structures. Certain CT features help differentiate benign from malignant processes. This short article highlights the salient CT appearance of mesothelioma; the most common pleural tumor.
胸部 X 光检查是间皮瘤等所有胸部疾病的初始筛查试验。但对于胸膜肿块的特征,计算机断层扫描(CT)是首选的成像技术。CT 还提供有关胸壁和周围结构侵犯的重要信息。某些 CT 特征有助于区分良性和恶性过程。本文重点介绍间皮瘤的 CT 表现;最常见的胸膜肿瘤。