The diagnostic yield and safety of ultrasound-assisted transthoracic biopsy of mediastinal masses

Respiration

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 134-141

  Koegelenberg, Coenraad F N ^a   Diacon, Andreas H ^a   Irusen, Elvis M ^a   Von Groote Bidlingmaier, Florian ^a   Mowlana, Abdurasiet ^a   Wright, Colleen A ^b   Louw, Mercia ^b   Schubert, Pawel T ^b   Bolliger, Chris T ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Biopsy; Mediastinal mass; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOPSY TECHNIQUE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CUTTING NEEDLE BIOPSY; CYTODIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG CARCINOMA; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; MALE; MEDIASTINUM MASS; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPID ON SITE EVALUATION; TRANSTHORACIC ASPIRATION; TUBERCULOSIS; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIASTINAL NEOPLASMS; MEDIASTINUM; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79951672945     PISSN: 00257931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000322005     Document Type: Article

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