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CT in differential diagnosis of benign and malignant pleural disease

Gülru Polat, Nurhan Şahin, Ömer Soy, U. Gülay

Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease · 2005 · 58 citations · 18 references

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Abstract

CT is helpful in the differential diagnosis of pleural diseases, particularly in differentiating malignant from benign conditions and metastatic pleural disease from malignant mesothelioma.

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