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


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) identifier identifier identifier

  • 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).