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...
Main Authors: | S Aneeshkumar, R Narasimhan, K Sunder, L Sundararajan |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2018-01-01
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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 |
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