Percutaneous CT-guided fine-needle aspiration of pulmonary lesions: Results and complications in 409 patients

Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 458-462

  Laspas, F ^a,b   Roussakis, A ^a   Efthimiadou, R ^a   Papaioannou, D ^a   Papadopoulos, S ^a   Andreou, J ^a  

^a HYGEIA HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Biopsy; CT; Fine needle aspiration; Lung; Percutaneous

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG CANCER; LUNG HEMORRHAGE; LUNG LESION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORAX DRAINAGE; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 55649115272     PISSN: 17549477     EISSN: 17549485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1673.2008.01990.x     Document Type: Review

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