CT-guided transthoracic needle biopsy in the diagnosis of sarcoidosis

Journal of Thoracic Imaging

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 23-30

  Klein, Jeffrey S ^a   Johnson, Alisa ^a   Watson, Elizabeth ^a   Mount, Sharon ^a,b  

^a FLETCHER ALLEN HEALTH CARE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Automated core tissue biopsy; Computed tomography; Noncaseating granulomas; Sarcoidosis; Transthoracic needle biopsy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; BLEEDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PATIENT SAFETY; PNEUMOTHORAX; RADIOLOGY; SARCOIDOSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TRANSTHORACIC BIOPSY;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMOTHORAX; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SARCOIDOSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 62649140914     PISSN: 08835993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RTI.0b013e31818d12c2     Document Type: Article

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