CT of XXXX in @entity3008 and comparison of pleural findings after different types of pleurodesis.

@entity1 @entity1143 @entity3008 @entity9662 @entity456
OBJECTIVE: The objective of our article was to describe the spectrum and frequency of @entity456 on CT in @entity1 with @entity3008 ( @entity3008 ) and the pleural findings associated with different types of pleurodesis (talc, mechanical, and chemical) performed to treat the complications of @entity456 in these @entity1 . MATERIALS AND METHODS: Two hundred fifty-eight @entity1 with @entity3008 underwent CT of the chest. @entity456 assessed included @entity456 , presence of a pleural mass, areas of high attenuation, effusion, and pneumothorax. In @entity1 who had had pleurodesis, the CT findings were correlated with the type of procedure performed. RESULTS: One hundred thirty-three (52%) of 258 @entity1 had pleurodesis (unilateral, 68/133; bilateral, 65/133). @entity456 were more common in @entity1 who had pleurodesis (101/133, 76%) than in those who had not (47/125, 38%) and were more prevalent on the operated side than on the unoperated side of those 68 @entity1 who had unilateral pleurodesis. The frequencies of findings for the group without pleurodesis versus the group with pleurodesis were @entity456 (26% vs 65%), effusion (10% vs 13%), loculated effusion (2.4% vs 11%), pneumothorax (1.6% vs 10%), areas of high attenuation (1.6% vs 23%), and mass (0.8% vs 14%), respectively. Areas of high attenuation in the pleura were present in all types of pleurodesis (mechanical, 8%; chemical, 13%; talc, 40%) and in two @entity1 who had had repeated thoracentesis or pleurectomy. Pleural masses were present in @entity1 who had had all types of pleurodesis (mechanical, 10%; chemical, 9%; talc, 24%) and in one @entity1 who had had thoracentesis and thoracostomy; the masses commonly enhanced and did not change in size over time. CONCLUSION: @entity456 are common in @entity1 with @entity3008 as complications of the disease itself and as sequelae of pleurodesis and other @entity9662 . Pneumothorax and @entity1143 result from the underlying pathophysiology of @entity3008 , whereas areas of high attenuation and masses develop after all types of pleurodesis and other manipulations of the pleura (i.e., thoracentesis, thoracostomy).
