CT Guided Transthoracic Lung Biopsy - An Experience from a Tertiary Care Centre Hospital

Background: In 1883, Leyden described percutaneous lung biopsy, but it was not until 1970’s that image guided fine needle chest biopsy gained widespread acceptance. Haaga and Alfidi reported CT-guided thoracic biopsy in 1976. Currently, CT-guided core biopsy is playing an increasing role in the diag...

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Main Authors: S Aneeshkumar, R Narasimhan, K Sunder, L Sundararajan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2018-01-01
Series:Journal of Association of Pulmonologist of Tamil Nadu
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Online Access:http://www.japt.in/article.asp?issn=2772-6355;year=2018;volume=1;issue=2;spage=49;epage=52;aulast=Aneeshkumar;type=0