A comparison of fine-needle aspiration, core biopsy, and surgical biopsy in the diagnosis of extremity soft tissue masses

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 468, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2992-3002

  Kasraeian, Sina ^a   Allison, Daniel C ^a,b   Ahlmann, Elke R ^a   Fedenko, Alexander N ^a   Menendez, Lawrence R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^c LAC+USC Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CLEAR CELL SARCOMA; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORE BIOPSY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HEMANGIOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; LIPOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT FIBROUS HISTIOCYTOMA; MELANOMA; MYXOMA; NEURILEMOMA; OPEN SURGICAL BIOPSY; OSTEOSARCOMA; PILOMATRIXOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOFT TISSUE TUMOR; TUMOR BIOPSY; BIOPSY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION BIOPSY; LIMB; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CALIFORNIA; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957704572     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11999-010-1401-x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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