Needle-track metastasis after transthoracic needle biopsy

Journal of Thoracic Imaging

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 2-6

  Ayar, Divyang ^a   Golla, Bhaskar ^a   Lee, Jeannette Y ^b   Nath, Hrudaya ^a  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Complication; Metastasis; Thoracic needle biopsy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METASTASIS; NEEDLE BIOPSY; QUESTIONNAIRE; THORAX CANCER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031985261     PISSN: 08835993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005382-199801000-00002     Document Type: Article

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