Fine-needle aspiration biopsy of the central nervous system performed freehand under computed tomography guidance without stereotactic instrumentation: A series of 130 consecutive patients

Cancer

Volumn 99, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 277-284

  Seliem, Rania M ^a   Assaad, Margaret W ^a   Gorombey, Steve J ^a   Moral, Luis A ^a   Kirkwood, J Robert ^a   Otis, Christopher N ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain; Central nervous system; Fine needle aspiration biopsy; Histologic diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN LYMPHOMA; BRAIN TUMOR; CELL TYPE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; GLIOBLASTOMA; GLIOSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OLIGODENDROGLIOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BRAIN DISEASES; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; COHORT STUDIES; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FIBER OPTICS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0141960798     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.11720     Document Type: Article

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