Integration of TBNA and TCNA in the diagnosis of peripheral lung nodules. Influence on staging

Annali Italiani di Chirurgia

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 851-855

  Gasparini, S ^a,c   Zuccatosta, L ^a   Zitti, P ^a   Bichi Secchi, E ^b   Ferretti, M ^a   Gusella, P ^a  

^a Azienda Ospedaliera Umberto I   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^c Ospedale Regionale Torrette   (Italy)

Author keywords

Percutaneous tine needle aspiration; Pulmonary nodules; Transbronchial needle aspiration; Transbronchial pulmonary biopsy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG; LUNG TUMOR; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PATHOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0033223475     PISSN: 2239253X     EISSN: 2239253X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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