Abstract
This article presents a review of ultrasonographic methods and their usefulness in pulmonary diagnostics. Because of its advantages ultrasonography offers a quick, cheap, and safe diagnostics of variety of pulmonary diseases. The role of ultrasound in diagnostics of lung neoplasms, pleural, diaphragma, pericardium and vessels pathology was described. Some restrictions of this tool were mentioned. The newest methods of endobronchial ultrasound were also discussed.