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Case Report

Thoracic Ultrasound for the Detection of Rib Metastases of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

by
Ioannis Tomos
1,*,
Nikos Tziolos
2,
Thomas Raptakis
1 and
Dimitra Kavatha
2
1
2nd Pulmonary Department, Attikon University Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Medical School, 12462 Athens, Greece
2
4th Department of Internal Medicine, Attikon University Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Medical School, Athens, Greece
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Adv. Respir. Med. 2018, 86(2), 101-102; https://doi.org/10.5603/ARM.2018.0014
Submission received: 14 January 2018 / Revised: 23 April 2018 / Accepted: 23 April 2018 / Published: 30 April 2018

Abstract

Transthoracic ultrasound has lately emerged as a useful diagnostic tool for respiratory physicians in the diagnosis of diverse pulmonary diseases, usually including pleural effusion and pneumothorax. However, the use of chest ultrasound may be also critical in the evaluation of chest wall diseases. Therefore, we present an interesting case of a patient with metastases of lung cancer to the rib, detected during the chest wall ultrasound examination. By representing a non-invasive, surface-imaging technique with several advantages, chest ultrasound may evolve to a valid, bed-side diagnostic tool for the diagnosis and follow up of lung cancer with metastases in the chest wall.
Keywords: non small cell lung cancer (NSCLC); chest ultrasound; chest wall metastasis non small cell lung cancer (NSCLC); chest ultrasound; chest wall metastasis

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Tomos, I.; Tziolos, N.; Raptakis, T.; Kavatha, D. Thoracic Ultrasound for the Detection of Rib Metastases of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. Adv. Respir. Med. 2018, 86, 101-102. https://doi.org/10.5603/ARM.2018.0014

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Tomos I, Tziolos N, Raptakis T, Kavatha D. Thoracic Ultrasound for the Detection of Rib Metastases of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. Advances in Respiratory Medicine. 2018; 86(2):101-102. https://doi.org/10.5603/ARM.2018.0014

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Tomos, Ioannis, Nikos Tziolos, Thomas Raptakis, and Dimitra Kavatha. 2018. "Thoracic Ultrasound for the Detection of Rib Metastases of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer" Advances in Respiratory Medicine 86, no. 2: 101-102. https://doi.org/10.5603/ARM.2018.0014

APA Style

Tomos, I., Tziolos, N., Raptakis, T., & Kavatha, D. (2018). Thoracic Ultrasound for the Detection of Rib Metastases of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. Advances in Respiratory Medicine, 86(2), 101-102. https://doi.org/10.5603/ARM.2018.0014

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