Frozen section diagnosis and surgical biopsy of lymph nodes, tumors and pseudotumors of the mediastinum

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 190-195

  De Montpréville, Vincent Thomas ^a   Dulmet, Elisabeth M ^a   Nashashibi, Nabila ^a  

^a CENTRE CHIRURGICAL MARIE LANNELONGUE   (France)

Author keywords

Frozen section; Lung neoplasm staging; Lymphoma; Mediastinoscopy; Mediastinotomy; Sarcoidosis; Thymoma; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CANCER STAGING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIASTINOSCOPY; MEDIASTINUM MASS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOTUMOR; REOPERATION; SARCOIDOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOTOMY; THYMOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; CARCINOMA, LARGE CELL; CARCINOMA, NEUROENDOCRINE; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CHILD; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTIONS; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; LYMPHOMA; MALE; MEDIASTINAL NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SARCOIDOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0032007486     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1010-7940(97)00325-4     Document Type: Article

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