Open-lung biopsy in patients with undiagnosed lung lesions referred at a tertiary cancer center is safe and reveals noncancerous, noninfectious entities as the most common diagnoses

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 101-105

  Georgiadou, S P ^a   Sampsonas, F L ^a   Rice, D ^a   Granger, J M ^a   Swisher, S ^a   Kontoyiannis, D P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ASPERGILLOSIS; ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIOSIS; CANCER CENTER; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION BIOPSY; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG GRANULOMA; LUNG INFECTION; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG LESION; LUNG NODULE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN LUNG BIOPSY; PATIENT REFERRAL; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872608916     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: 14354373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-012-1720-9     Document Type: Review

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