Endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial fine-needle aspiration: The University of Minnesota experience, with emphasis on usefulness, adequacy assessment, and diagnostic difficulties

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 130, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 434-443

  Alsharif, Mariam ^a   Andrade, Rafael S ^a   Groth, Shawn S ^a   Stelow, Edward B ^b   Pambuccian, Stefan E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adequacy; Endobronchial ultrasound; Fine needle aspiration; Pulmonary and mediastinal cytology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CYTOLOGY; CYTOPATHOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DYSPLASIA; ENDOBRONCHIAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; METAPLASIA; MICROSCOPE; MICROSCOPE IMAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; BLASTOMYCOSIS; BRONCHOSCOPY; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CARCINOMA, SMALL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CARCINOMA, TRANSITIONAL CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 51349111812     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/BLLQF8KDHWW6MJNQ     Document Type: Article

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