82-Year-Old Man Diagnosed With Tuberculous Pleurisy on US-Guided PCPNB (IMAGE)

American Roentgen Ray Society

82-Year-Old Man Diagnosed With Tuberculous Pleurisy on US-Guided PCPNB

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Enhanced axial CT (A) shows diffuse pleural thickening (arrow) with a maximum thickness of 3.17 mm. US image for the corresponding lesion on CT (B) shows diffuse pleural thickening (arrowheads) with a maximum thickness of 3.25 mm. The needle pathway length, measured as the needle length through the pleural lesion, was 6.54 mm (asterisk). Pleural puncture angle (exact value not indicated) is depicted as the angle between the outer line of the pleura and the biopsy needle (thin arrow).

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American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS), American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR)

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