Frozen section of pleural biopsies at medical thoracoscopy assists in correctly identifying benign disease

Respirology

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 636-642

  Fielding, David ^a   Hopkins, Peter ^b   Serisier, David ^c  

^a ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b THE PRINCE CHARLES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c MATER ADULT HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cancer; Chronic pleural effusion; Frozen section; Histology; Pleurodesis; Talc poudrage; Thoracoscopy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG DISEASE; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PLEURA BIOPSY; PLEURA CANCER; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURODESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACOSCOPIC TALC POUDRAGE; THORACOSCOPY; TREATMENT INDICATION; BIOPSY; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EVALUATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; PLEURAL EFFUSION; PLEURAL EFFUSION, MALIGNANT; PLEURODESIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; THORACOSCOPY;

EID: 33644835228     PISSN: 13237799     EISSN: 14401843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1843.2005.00761.x     Document Type: Article

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