This study aims to provide the information of tissue elasticity in different etiologies of pleural lesions and to validate the predictive value of shear-wave elastography in differentiating benign pleural lesions from malignant lesions.
Patients with radiographic evidence of pleural lesions or effusion
Age < 20 y/o
Patients who cannot hold their breath for 5 seconds
Patients receiving chest ultrasonography in National Taiwan University Hospital
Cohort
Prospective
Not listed
Application of transthoracic shear-wave ultrasound elastography in pleural lesions
to provide the information of tissue elasticity in different etiologies of pleural lesions and to validate the predictive value of shear-wave elastography in differentiating benign pleural lesions from malignant lesions
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