CT-guided transthoracic fine needle aspiration of pulmonary lesions: Accuracy and complications in 294 patients

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2002, Pages

  Arslan, Sulhattin ^a   Yilmaz, Adnan ^a   Bayramgürler, Birol ^a   Uzman, Özlem ^a   Ünver, Edhem ^a   Akkaya, Esen ^a  

^a NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Complications; Computed tomography; Diagnosis; Guidance; Transthoracic fine needle aspiration

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FEMALE; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG HEMORRHAGE; LUNG INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY; TUBE; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; EVALUATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG TUMOR; METHODOLOGY; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASES; LUNG NEOPLASMS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; HUMANS;

EID: 0036328430     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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