Dynamics of CT visible pleural effusion in patients with pulmonary infarction

Abstract

Pleural effusion remains largely unexplored in patients with pulmonary embolism and concurrent pulmonary infarction. The aim of the study was to investigate the relationship between the size of pulmonary infarction and pleural effusion as well as the time course of pleural effusion in patients with pulmonary infarction.

Keywords

• pulmonary infarction
• pleural effusion
• pulmonary embolism
• cta of pulmonary arteries