Percutaneous core needle biopsy in the diagnosis of mediastinal tumors

Lung Cancer

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 169-173

  Greif, Joel ^a   Staroselsky, Alexander N ^a   Gernjac, Moshe ^b   Schwarz, Yehuda ^a   Marmur, Silvia ^a   Perlsman, Marina ^b   Yellin, Alon ^b  

^a TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Mediastinal lesions; Percutaneous cutting needle biopsy; Pneumothorax

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HEMOPTYSIS; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; LUNG CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIASTINUM TUMOR; NEEDLE BIOPSY; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TERATOMA; THYMOMA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, BRONCHOGENIC; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GERMINOMA; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPHOMA; MALE; MEDIASTINAL NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TERATOMA; THYMOMA; THYMUS NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0032867412     PISSN: 01695002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-5002(99)00053-7     Document Type: Article

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