Role of B Mode and Color Doppler Sonography in Differentiation Between Pleural Neoplasm and Inflammatory Pleural Thickening in Correlation With CT Findings

Sohag University

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Pleural Thickening

Treatments: Diagnostic Test: biopsy under sonographic gidance

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05701462

Soh-Med-23-01-04

Details and patient eligibility

About

pleura is a serous membrane, it consist of parietal pleura and visceral pleura. pleural thickening is any form of thickening involving the pleura more than 3 mm.

there is malignant thickening : methoselioma, metastasis and non malignant thickening.

trans thoracic USn is a reliable , safe and gold standard for studying pleura.

Enrollment: 50 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Adult patients diagnosed as having pleural thickening with or without pleural effusion.

Exclusion criteria

• Emphysema or contraindication to pleural biopsy

Trial design

Primary purpose: Diagnostic

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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50 participants in 1 patient group

pleural disease

Experimental group

Treatment:

Diagnostic Test: biopsy under sonographic gidance