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Pitfalls of the ultrasound diagnosis of pneumothorax. 2014

Gaetano Rea, and Maria D'Amato, and Giorgia Ghittoni

Department of Diagnostic Imaging, General Radiology Section, AO dei Colli, Monaldi Hospital, Naples, Italy. Electronic address: gaetano.rea@libero.it.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D011030	Pneumothorax	An accumulation of air or gas in the PLEURAL CAVITY, which may occur spontaneously or as a result of trauma or a pathological process. The gas may also be introduced deliberately during PNEUMOTHORAX, ARTIFICIAL.	Pneumothorax, Primary Spontaneous,Pressure Pneumothorax,Primary Spontaneous Pneumothorax,Spontaneous Pneumothorax,Tension Pneumothorax,Pneumothorax, Pressure,Pneumothorax, Spontaneous,Pneumothorax, Tension,Spontaneous Pneumothorax, Primary
D005260	Female		Females
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D014463	Ultrasonography	The visualization of deep structures of the body by recording the reflections or echoes of ultrasonic pulses directed into the tissues. Use of ultrasound for imaging or diagnostic purposes employs frequencies ranging from 1.6 to 10 megahertz.	Echography,Echotomography,Echotomography, Computer,Sonography, Medical,Tomography, Ultrasonic,Ultrasonic Diagnosis,Ultrasonic Imaging,Ultrasonographic Imaging,Computer Echotomography,Diagnosis, Ultrasonic,Diagnostic Ultrasound,Ultrasonic Tomography,Ultrasound Imaging,Diagnoses, Ultrasonic,Diagnostic Ultrasounds,Imaging, Ultrasonic,Imaging, Ultrasonographic,Imaging, Ultrasound,Imagings, Ultrasonographic,Imagings, Ultrasound,Medical Sonography,Ultrasonic Diagnoses,Ultrasonographic Imagings,Ultrasound, Diagnostic,Ultrasounds, Diagnostic
D055370	Lung Injury	Damage to any compartment of the lung caused by physical, chemical, or biological agents which characteristically elicit inflammatory reaction. These inflammatory reactions can either be acute and dominated by NEUTROPHILS, or chronic and dominated by LYMPHOCYTES and MACROPHAGES.	E-Cigarette Use-Associated Lung Injury,E-Cigarette or Vaping Product Use-Associated Lung Injury,EVALI,Vaping Product Use-Associated Lung Injury,Chronic Lung Injury,Lung Injuries,Pulmonary Injury,Chronic Lung Injuries,E Cigarette Use Associated Lung Injury,E Cigarette or Vaping Product Use Associated Lung Injury,EVALIs,Injuries, Lung,Injuries, Pulmonary,Injury, Lung,Injury, Pulmonary,Lung Injuries, Chronic,Lung Injury, Chronic,Pulmonary Injuries,Vaping Product Use Associated Lung Injury