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TRANSTHORACIC FINE‐NEEDLE ASPIRATION BIOPSY A Histologically Verified Material
Author(s) -
Francis Dorthe
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
acta pathologica microbiologica scandinavica section a pathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.909
H-Index - 88
eISSN - 1600-0463
pISSN - 0365-4184
DOI - 10.1111/j.1699-0463.1977.tb00420.x
Subject(s) - medicine , malignancy , biopsy , fine needle aspiration , radiology , diagnostic accuracy , needle biopsy , pathology
A material consisting of 227 histologically verified transthoracic fine‐needle aspiration biopsies is presented. The result of the first biopsy attempt gave a diagnostic sensitivity with regards to malignancy of 77 per cent and a diagnostic specificity of 98 per cent. The method is recommended in cases where conventional preoperative diagnostic procedures fail to reveal the nature of lung lesions.