Open AccessDiagnostic value of surgical lung biopsy: comparison with clinical and radiological diagnosis☆
Author(s) -
Gonçalo F. Coutinho,
Rita Pancas,
Eunice Magalhães,
João E. Bernardo,
Luís Eugénio,
Manuel J. Antunes
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
european journal of cardio-thoracic surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.303
H-Index - 133
eISSN - 1873-734X
pISSN - 1010-7940
DOI - 10.1016/j.ejcts.2008.02.008
Subject(s) - medicine , pathological , malignancy , radiological weapon , radiology , etiology , gold standard (test) , biopsy , retrospective cohort study , disease , lung
To determine overall and disease-related accuracy of the clinical/imagiological evaluation for pulmonary infiltrates of unknown aetiology, compared with the pathological result of the surgical lung biopsy (SLB) and to evaluate the need for the latter in this setting.
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