Use of ultrasound-guided percutaneous needle biopsy in the diagnosis of mediastinal tumors

Surgery Today

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 990-992

  Otani, Yoshimi ^a   Yoshida, Ichiro ^a   Ishikawa, Susumu ^a   Ohtaki, Akio ^a   Kawashima, Osamu ^a   Takahashi, Toru ^a   Sato, Yasushi ^a   Morishita, Yasuo ^a  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

mediastinal tumor; percutaneous needle biopsy; preoperative examination; ultrasound guidance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GERM CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIASTINUM TUMOR; NEEDLE BIOPSY; NEUROGENIC TUMOR; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; THYMOMA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GERMINOMA; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA; MALE; MEDIASTINAL NEOPLASMS; MEDIASTINUM; MIDDLE AGED; THYMOMA;

EID: 0030459775     PISSN: 09411291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00309959     Document Type: Article

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