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Diagnostic Yield of Computed Tomography-Guided Transthoracic Lung Biopsy in Diffuse Lung Diseases
Author(s) -
Eva Padrão,
Márcio Rodrigues,
Susana Guimarães,
Patrícia Caetano Mota,
Natália Melo,
Conceição Souto Moura,
António Morais,
José Miguel Pereira
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
respiration
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.264
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1423-0356
pISSN - 0025-7931
DOI - 10.1159/000489934
Subject(s) - medicine , pneumothorax , lung , radiology , lung biopsy , histopathology , biopsy , hemothorax , pathology
Accurate diagnosis is essential for successful management of diffuse lung disease (DLD). Histopathology may sometimes be necessary. Surgical lung biopsy, the gold standard, carries a risk of morbidity and mortality. Computed tomography (CT) guided transthoracic lung biopsy (CT-TLB) is a minimally invasive method for obtaining lung tissue. However, its diagnostic yield is unknown in DLD.

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