Endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial lung biopsy in solitary pulmonary nodules and peripheral lesions

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 972-974

  Herth, F J F ^a   Ernst, A ^a   Becker, H D ^a  

^a Thoraxklinik Heidelberg ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Biopsy; Bornchoscopy; Endobronchial ultrasound; Lung mass; Solitary peripheral nodule

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOPSY TECHNIQUE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LARGE CELL CARCINOMA; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; LUNG ASPERGILLOSIS; LUNG INJURY; LUNG NODULE; LUNG SARCOIDOSIS; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; THORAX DRAINAGE; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BRONCHOSCOPES; COIN LESION, PULMONARY; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0036798299     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.02.00032001     Document Type: Article

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