Diagnostic value of transbronchial needle aspiration cytology in sarcoidosis
Author(s) -
İrem Hicran Özbudak,
Gülay Özbilim,
Ömer Ozbudak,
Tezay Sandikli Kovan
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
turkish journal of pathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.305
H-Index - 14
eISSN - 1309-5730
pISSN - 1018-5615
DOI - 10.5146/tjpath.2011.01064
Subject(s) - sarcoidosis , medicine , lymph node , sampling (signal processing) , biopsy , granulomatous inflammation , histiocyte , pathology , cytology , cytopathology , fine needle aspiration , lymph , granuloma , radiology , filter (signal processing) , computer science , computer vision
Sarcoidosis is a systemic granulomatous inflammation that occurs as a result of disturbed immune regulation in individuals exposed to certain environmental agents. Although tissue sampling is considered the "gold standard" for the diagnosis of sarcoidosis, a medically treated disease, minimally invasive diagnostic methods are preferred instead of surgical tissue sampling. Transbronchial needle aspiration has been reported as an effective diagnostic method.
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