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ASPIRATION BIOPSIES FROM DIAGNOSTICALLY DIFFICULT PULMONARY LESIONS
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.tb00421.x
Subject(s) - medicine , biopsy , radiology , aspiration biopsy , needle biopsy , fine needle aspiration , surgery
A consecutive material of 244 cases of transthoracic aspiration biopsies collected in a two year period is presented. The biopsy method, the indications, and the contraindications are described. The sensitivity of the biopsy method concerning malignant tumour cells and suspected malignant tumour cells was 82.8 per cent, the specificity was 94.9 per cent. It is suggested that the biopsy method might be applied earlier in the sequence of preoperative diagnostic procedures.