Computed tomography-guided fine needle aspiration of peripheral lung opacities: An initial diagnostic procedure?

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 344-348

  Gouliamos, Athanassios D ^a   Giannopoulos, Dionysias H ^b   Panagi, Georgia M ^a   Fletoridis, Nikolaos K ^a   Deligeorgi Politi, Helen A ^a   Vlahos, Lambros J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b 114th Army Hospital   (Greece)

Author keywords

Aspiration biopsy; Lung neoplasms; Tomography; X ray computed

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUNG TUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPUTUM CYTODIAGNOSIS; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

EID: 0034042371     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000328476     Document Type: Article

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