Audit of transthoracic fine needle aspiration of the lung: Cytological subclassification of bronchogenic carcinomas and diagnosis of tuberculosis

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 570-575

  Tan, K B ^a   Thamboo, T P ^a   Wang, S C ^c   Nilsson, Barbro ^a   Rajwanshi, A ^a,b   Salto Tellez, M ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Cytology; Follow up; Transthoracic FNAC

Indexed keywords

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG ASPIRATION; LUNG CARCINOMA; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATHOLOGY; PNEUMOTHORAX; SCHOOL CHILD; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, BRONCHOGENIC; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGAPORE; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0036879862     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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