Respiratory Respiratory pain can originate from the main airways, parietal pleura, chest wall or diaphragm. It should be remembered that respiratory pain can occasionally present as abdominal pain (eg ...

An operator manually inserted a bevel-tip needle into ex vivo porcine ribs and through the parietal pleura via a sensorized percutaneous device that records position, force, and videos.

The absence of detectable pleural disease on thoracic CT in the presence of a malignant pleural effusion has been previously reported. 21 In this case, CECT has the clear advantage over TUS of being ...

Background Accurate differentiating diagnosis is essential for choosing treatment for exudative pleural effusions. Objective To establish the diagnostic accuracy of interleukin 27 for tuberculous ...