CT-guided fine-needle aspiration of lung nodules: Effect on outcome of using coaxial technique and immediate cytological evaluation

Ulster Medical Journal

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 32-36

  Mullan, C P ^a   Kelly, B E ^a   Ellis, P K ^a   Hughes, S ^a   Anderson, N ^a   McCluggage, W G ^a  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPATHOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG NODULE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PNEUMOTHORAX; PREDICTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOLOGIST; RECORDING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGED; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMOTHORAX; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 3142660591     PISSN: 00416193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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