Value of ultrasonically guided needle biopsy of pleural masses: An under-utilized technique

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 119-125

  Hsu, Wu Huei ^a,b   Chiang, Chi Der ^a   Hsu, Jeng Yuan ^a   Chen, Chih Yi ^a   Chiang, Chun Shih ^a   Lee, Tain ^a  

^a TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

cutting biopsy; needle biopsy; pleural mass; ultrasonically guided needle biopsy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDIASTINUM TUMOR; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PLEURA BIOPSY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA TUMOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLEURAL DISEASES; PLEURAL NEOPLASMS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0031020583     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0096(199703)25:3<119::AID-JCU4>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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