Role of fine-needle aspirates of focal lung lesions in patients with hematologic malignancies

Chest

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 527-532

  Wong, Philip W ^a   Štefanec, Tihomer ^a   Brown, Karen ^a   White, Dorothy A ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fine needle lung aspirate; Immunocompromised patient; Invasive radiology; Lung cancer; Transthoracic needle aspiration

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BLEEDING; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; BRONCHOSCOPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HEMATOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFLAMMATION; LEUKEMIA; LUNG CANCER; LUNG CAVITY; LUNG INFECTION; LUNG INFILTRATE; LUNG INJURY; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; SCHOOL CHILD; THORAX DRAINAGE;

EID: 0036167615     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.121.2.527     Document Type: Article

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