Image-guided pleural biopsy

Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 368-373

  Koegelenberg, Coenraad F N ^a   Diacon, Andreas H ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

computed tomography; pleural biopsy; pleural effusion; ultrasound

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MALIGNANT MESOTHELIOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLEURA BIOPSY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA FLUID; PLEURA MESOTHELIOMA; PLEURA THICKENING; PREDICTIVE VALUE; REVIEW; RISK; THORACOCENTESIS; THORACOSCOPY; TUBERCULOUS PLEURISY;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE-GUIDED BIOPSY; MALE; PLEURA; PLEURAL EFFUSION; PLEURAL NEOPLASMS; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; THORACOSCOPY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUBERCULOSIS, PLEURAL;

EID: 84879918928     PISSN: 10705287     EISSN: 15316971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCP.0b013e32835f4c23     Document Type: Review

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