Computed tomographic fluoroscopy-guided transthoracic needle biopsy for diagnosis of pulmonary nodules

Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 259-262

  Hirose, Takashi ^a,b   Mori, Kiyoshi ^a   Machida, Suguru ^a   Tominaga, Keigo ^a   Yokoi, Kohei ^a   Adachi, Mitsuru ^b  

^a TOCHIGI CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

^b SHOWA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Automatic biopsy gun; Computed tomographic fluoroscopy; Lung nodule; Thoracic needle biopsy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYTOPATHOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; LUNG CARCINOMA; LUNG METASTASIS; LUNG NODULE; MALE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PNEUMOTHORAX;

EID: 0033854427     PISSN: 03682811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jjco/hyd070     Document Type: Article

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