Physician-Based Ultrasound-Guided Biopsy for Diagnosing Pleural Disease

BACKGROUND Definitive diagnosis of pleural disease (particularly malignancy) depends upon histologic proof obtained via pleural biopsy or positive pleural fluid cytology. Image-guided sampling is now standard practice. Local anesthetic thoracoscopy has a high diagnostic yield for malignant and nonma...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Chest 2014-10, Vol.146 (4), p.1001-1006
Hauptverfasser:	Hallifax, Robert J., BMBCh, Corcoran, John P., BMBCh, Ahmed, Asia, BMBCh, Nagendran, Myura, BMBCh, Rostom, Hussam, BMBCh, Hassan, Neelam, BMBCh, Maruthappu, Mahiben, BMBCh, Psallidas, Ioannis, PhD, Manuel, Ari, BMBCh, Gleeson, Fergus V., PhD, FCCP, Rahman, Najib M., PhD
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Aged Biopsy, Needle - methods Female Humans Image-Guided Biopsy - methods Male Middle Aged Physicians Pleura - pathology Pleural Diseases - diagnosis Pleural Diseases - pathology Pulmonary/Respiratory Retrospective Studies Sensitivity and Specificity Thoracoscopy - methods Ultrasonography, Interventional - methods
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