Percutaneous multiple-site parietal pleural biopsy: Description and evaluation of a new and safe technique

Chest

Volumn 125, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1776-1782

  Uthaman, Babu ^a   Behbehani, Nasser ^a   Abal, Adnan ^a   Madda, John ^c   Khan, Siddiq ^b  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b Chest Diseases Hospital Kuwait   (Kuwait)

^c AL AMIRI HOSPITAL   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Bioptome; Granuloma; Histopathology; Malignant; Parietal pleural biopsy; Percutaneous pleural biopsy; Pleural effusion; Pleuritis; Tuberculous

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; METASTASIS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PATIENT POSITIONING; PERCUTANEOUS BIOPSY; PLEURA BIOPSY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT EXAMINATION; SAFETY; TUBERCULOUS PLEURISY;

EID: 2442597791     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.125.5.1776     Document Type: Article

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