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• Advances in pulmonary biopsy techniques

  Author:Norman W. RizkFrom:The Western Journal of Medicine (Vol. 157, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

  Aug. 1992543 words Article In the past decade, refinements in transthoracic and transbronchial fine-needle aspiration (FNA) techniques, the introduction of thoracoscopic biopsies, and the improvement in lesion imaging and specimen processing have...

• The Value and Complications of Percutaneous Transthoracic Lung Aspiration for the Etiologic Diagnosis of Community-Acquired Pneumonia(*)

  Authors:J. Anthony G. Scott and Andrew J. HallFrom:Chest (Vol. 116, Issue 6) Peer-Reviewed

  Dec. 199910,494 words Article (CHEST 1999; 116:1716-1732) Key words: etiology; lung puncture; pneumonia; pneumothorax; sensitivity and specificity Abbreviations: PCP = Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia; PNG = Papua New Guinea; TB = tuberculosis...

• What constitutes effective management of pneumothorax after CT-guided needle biopsy of the lung?

  Authors:Linda B. Haramati and Galit AviramFrom:Chest (Vol. 121, Issue 4) Peer-Reviewed

  Apr. 20021,805 words Editorial Transthoracic fine-needle aspiration biopsy of pulmonary lesions is a well-established technique for the diagnosis of malignancy, obviating the need for surgical biopsy in the majority of patients. Although the...

• Continued efforts to improve the sensitivity of transbronchial needle aspiration

  Author:Ko-Pen WangFrom:Chest (Vol. 114, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  July 1998818 words Editorial Since the development of transbronchial needle aspiration (TBNA) in 1978,[1] initial skepticism and slow progression are evidenced by the first editorial comment on this subject by Kvale[2] in 1985 and later a survey...

• Liver biopsy: blind or guided?

  Authors:Guy Vautier, Brian Scott, and David JenkinsFrom:British Medical Journal (Vol. 309, Issue 6967) Peer-Reviewed

  Dec. 3, 1994994 words Editorial Benefits of guided biopsy are clear only for focal lesions Despite advances in imaging techniques and serological investigations percutaneous needle biopsy of the liver is still important in accurately diagnosing...

• The Value of Transbronchial Needle Aspiration in the Diagnosis of Peripheral Pulmonary Lesions(*)

  Authors:Frank Reichenberger, Janos Weber, Michael Tamm, Christoph T. Bolliger, Peter Dalquen, Andre P. Perruchoud, et al.From:Chest (Vol. 116, Issue 3) Peer-Reviewed

  Sept. 19992,777 words Article Background: Transbronchial needle aspiration (TBNA) is a bronchoscopic sampling technique used for the diagnostic workup of mediastinal lymph nodes, but the value of its routine use in evaluating peripheral pulmonary...

• Usefulness of new automated cutting needle for tissue-core biopsy of lung nodules under CT fluoroscopic guidance *. (clinical investigations)

  Authors:Takuji Yamagami, Shigeharu Iida, Takeharu Kato, Osamu Tanaka, Shogo Toda, Daishiro Kato, et al.From:Chest (Vol. 124, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  July 20034,095 words Article Objectives: The goal of our study was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of a new type of automated cutting needle for tissue-core lung biopsy under real-time CT fluoroscopic guidance. Design: Observational...

• A comparison of flow cytometry, bone marrow biopsy, and bone marrow aspirates in the detection of lymphoid infiltration in B cell disorders. (Original Article)

  Authors:S.P. Sah, E. Matutes, A.C. Wotherspoon, R. Morilla, and D. CatovskyFrom:Journal of Clinical Pathology (Vol. 56, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

  Feb. 20035,237 words Article Aims: To evaluate the diagnostic value of bone marrow aspirates, trephine biopsies (BMB), and flow cytometry (FC) in the assessment of bone marrow infiltration in chronic lymphoid disorders. Methods: Investigations...

• Diagnostic role of bone marrow aspiration and trephine biopsy in haematological practice

  From:Journal of Postgraduate Medical Institute (Vol. 28, Issue 2)

  June 30, 20142,291 words Report 1470LByline: _ : ABSTRACT Objective: To determine the usefulness of bone marrow aspiration and trephine biopsy in evaluation of the bone marrow in routine haematological practice. Methodology: This study included...

• 15 Determining the optimal stiffness colour threshold and stiffness area ratio cut-off for mediastinal lymph node staging using EBUS elastography and AI: a pilot study. N. Mistry, A. Gatti, I. Churchill, Y. Patel, W. Hanna. From McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.

  From:Canadian Journal of Surgery (Vol. 64, Issue 6) Peer-Reviewed

  Nov-Dec 2021305 words Report, Author abstr... 1400LBackground: Staging of lung cancer requires biopsy of mediastinal lymph nodes (LNs) by endobronchial ultrasound transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS-TBNA). As many as 40% of the results are inconclusive, causing...

• The value of open lung biopsy in immunocompetent patients with community-acquired pneumonia requiring hospitalization

  Authors:Ian J. Dunn, Thomas J. Marrie, Albro D. MacKeen, Virender Bhan, and David T. JaniganFrom:Chest (Vol. 106, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  July 19942,323 words Article Objective: To determine the role of open lung biopsy in immunocompetent patients with community-acquired pneumonia who require hospitalization. Design: A group of 1,118 patients with severe community-acquired...

• Mediastinal transthoracic needle and core lymph node biopsy *: should it replace mediastinoscopy?

  Authors:Joseph B. Zwischenberger, Clare Savage, Scott K. Alpard, Carryn M. Anderson, Santiago Marroquin, and Brian W. GoodacreFrom:Chest (Vol. 121, Issue 4) Peer-Reviewed

  Apr. 20024,175 words Article Study objectives: Primary assessment of mediastinal lymph nodes (N2 or N3) for staging lung cancer by transthoracic needle with or without core biopsy. Mediastinoscopy only performed after FNA failed to yield a...

• A breast mass in a 30-year-old woman. (The 15-Minute Visit)

  Author:Mary Desmond PinkowishFrom:Patient Care (Vol. 36, Issue 9) Peer-Reviewed

  July 2002926 words Article PROBLEM A 30-year-old woman seeks medical advice because of a breast lump that she noticed a week ago. What would be included in a rational workup, and how would this workup differ from that in a 50-year-old woman?...

• The renal biopsy

  Author:Patrick D. WalkerFrom:Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine (Vol. 133, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

  Feb. 20095,810 words Report 1530L* Context.--The first renal biopsy was carried out more than a century ago, but its widespread introduction into clinical use, beginning in the 1950s, helped develop nephrology into the powerful subspecialty of internal...

• The role of transbronchial lung biopsy in the treatment of lung transplant recipients: an analysis of 200 consecutive procedures

  Authors:E.P. Trulock, Neil A. Ettinger, Elizabeth M. Brunt, Michael K. Pasque, Larry R. Kaiser, and Joel D. CooperFrom:Chest (Vol. 102, Issue 4) Peer-Reviewed

  Oct. 19923,586 words Article Study Objective: The purposes of this study were as follows: (1) to establish the positivity rate and complication rate of transbronchial lung biopsies in the treatment of lung transplant recipients; (2) to determine...

• Needle brush in the diagnosis of lung mass or nodule through flexible bronchoscopy

  Authors:Ko-Pen Wang and E. James BrittFrom:Chest (Vol. 100, Issue 4) Peer-Reviewed

  Oct. 19911,302 words Article Transbronchial needle aspiration (TBNA), in comparison with cytology brush and forceps biopsy, in the diagnosis of a pulmonary mass or coin lesions has been studied by Shure and Wang in the past. Both studies concluded...

• Presentation and management of bronchogenic cysts in the adult

  Authors:Sunit R. Patel, David P. Meeker, Charles V. Biscotti, Thomas J. Kirby, and Thomas W. RiceFrom:Chest (Vol. 106, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  July 19944,781 words Article Bronchogenic cysts are congenital anomalies of the bronchial tree that are often asymptomatic at presentation in adults. Management of asymptomatic bronchogenic cyst in this population remains controversial. Eighteen...

• SOLITARY PULMONARY NODULES IN HIV-INFECTED PATIENTS

  Authors:Felixberto I Cosico, C S Staniloae, A Klapholz, W Dinan, and W TalaveraFrom:Chest (Vol. 116, Issue 4) Peer-Reviewed

  Oct. 1999303 words Abstract, Brief arti... Purpose: To determine etiologies of solitary pulmonary nodule in HIV-infected patients and to evaluate the diagnostic methods used. Methods: We retrospectively reviewed medical records of patients with HIV infection...

• Putting US-guided biopsy to best use for prostate cancer detection

  Authors:Suzette E. Sutherland and Martin I. ResnickFrom:Contemporary Urology (Vol. 14, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

  Feb. 2002 Article

• Technique may bypass biopsy

  Author:Marjorie ShafferFrom:Medical World News (Vol. 33, Issue 4)

  Apr. 1992528 words Article Diagnosis of small, non-palpable breast lesions is now possible without surgical biopsy, using a stereotactic needle aspiration technique. The technique, developed at the Karolinska Institute in Sweden, has been used by...