CT-GUIDED PLEURAL NEEDLE-BIOPSY IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF MALIGNANT MESOTHELIOMA

METINTAS, MUZAFFER; OZDEMIR, N; ISIKSOY, S; KAYA, T; EKICI, M; ERGINEL, MEHMET; HARMANCI, E; ERDINC, P; ULGEY, N; ALATAS, FÜSUN

doi:10.1097/00004728-199505000-00006

CT-GUIDED PLEURAL NEEDLE-BIOPSY IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF MALIGNANT MESOTHELIOMA

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METINTAS M., OZDEMIR N., ISIKSOY S., KAYA T., EKICI M., ERGINEL S., ...More

JOURNAL OF COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY, vol.19, no.3, pp.370-374, 1995 (SCI-Expanded)

Publication Type: Article / Article
Volume: 19 Issue: 3
Publication Date: 1995
Doi Number: 10.1097/00004728-199505000-00006
Journal Name: JOURNAL OF COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY
Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
Page Numbers: pp.370-374
Keywords: PLEURA, NEOPLASMS, MESOTHELIOMA, BIOPSY AND BIOPSIES, COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY, MANAGEMENT, EXPERIENCE, SURVIVAL
Eskisehir Osmangazi University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Objective: Our goal was to determine the sensitivity of CT-guided closed pleural needle biopsy (CPNB) for the histopathologic diagnosis of diffuse malignant pleural mesothelioma (DMPM).