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Lung ultrasound is increasingly recognized as a critical element of bedside sonography [1]. The pleura is generally very well-visualized as a bright white (hyperechoic) horizontal line just deep to the ribs. Pleural ultrasound is used widely for the diagnosis of pneumothorax and pleural effusion, and new studies demonstrate its utility for the evaluation of suspected pneumonia [2–5]. The images in Figs. 14.1, 14.2, 14.3, 14.4, 14.5, 14.6, 14.7, 14.8, 14.9, and 14.10 demonstrate these diagnoses, as well as depictions of basic scanning technique and normal ultrasonographic lung anatomy.

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  1. Division of Emergency Medicine, University of Utah Hospital, Salt Lake City, UT, USA

    Brendan H. A. Milliner M.D.

  2. Department of Emergency Medicine, Mount Sinai Health System, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA

    James W. Tsung M.D., M.P.H.

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  1. Department of Emergency Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, USA

    Bret P. Nelson

  2. Scripps Translational Science Institute, Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California, USA

    Eric Topol

  3. Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic School of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota, USA

    Anjali Bhagra

  4. Department of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

    Sharon L. Mulvagh

  5. Department of Cardiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, USA

    Jagat Narula

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Milliner, B.H.A., Tsung, J.W. (2018). Pleura. In: Nelson, B., Topol, E., Bhagra, A., Mulvagh, S., Narula, J. (eds) Atlas of Handheld Ultrasound. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-73855-0_14

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