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 nonm...
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| Формат: | Journal article |
| Мова: | English |
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American College of Chest Physicians
2014
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