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Ascites or pleural effusion? CT differentiation: four useful criteria.

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Halvorsen, RA; Fedyshin, PJ; Korobkin, M; Foster, WL; Thompson, WM
Published in: Radiographics
January 1986

CT can accurately distinguish between ascites and pleural fluid if the four signs described here are all considered in each case. Used individually these signs may be indeterminate or misleading.

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Published In

Radiographics

DOI

ISSN

0271-5333

Publication Date

January 1986

Volume

6

Issue

1

Start / End Page

135 / 149

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Pleural Effusion
  • Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
  • Humans
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Ascites
  • 3202 Clinical sciences
  • 1103 Clinical Sciences
 

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Halvorsen, R. A., Fedyshin, P. J., Korobkin, M., Foster, W. L., & Thompson, W. M. (1986). Ascites or pleural effusion? CT differentiation: four useful criteria. Radiographics, 6(1), 135–149. https://doi.org/10.1148/radiographics.6.1.3685482
Halvorsen, R. A., P. J. Fedyshin, M. Korobkin, W. L. Foster, and W. M. Thompson. “Ascites or pleural effusion? CT differentiation: four useful criteria.Radiographics 6, no. 1 (January 1986): 135–49. https://doi.org/10.1148/radiographics.6.1.3685482.
Halvorsen RA, Fedyshin PJ, Korobkin M, Foster WL, Thompson WM. Ascites or pleural effusion? CT differentiation: four useful criteria. Radiographics. 1986 Jan;6(1):135–49.
Halvorsen, R. A., et al. “Ascites or pleural effusion? CT differentiation: four useful criteria.Radiographics, vol. 6, no. 1, Jan. 1986, pp. 135–49. Pubmed, doi:10.1148/radiographics.6.1.3685482.
Halvorsen RA, Fedyshin PJ, Korobkin M, Foster WL, Thompson WM. Ascites or pleural effusion? CT differentiation: four useful criteria. Radiographics. 1986 Jan;6(1):135–149.
Journal cover image

Published In

Radiographics

DOI

ISSN

0271-5333

Publication Date

January 1986

Volume

6

Issue

1

Start / End Page

135 / 149

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Pleural Effusion
  • Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
  • Humans
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Ascites
  • 3202 Clinical sciences
  • 1103 Clinical Sciences