Description of free-flowing pleural effusions in medical reports after echographic assessment: A proposal of standardization

A. Smargiassi, R. Inchingolo, A. Zanforlin, G. Corbo, G. Soldati, S. Valente (Roma, Trecenta, Castelnuovo di Garfagnana, Italy)

Source: Annual Congress 2013 –The different modalities for current imaging and for future issues
Session: The different modalities for current imaging and for future issues
Session type: Oral Presentation
Number: 3021
Disease area: Respiratory infections, Thoracic oncology

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