TRANSTHORACIC FINE‐NEEDLE ASPIRATION BIOPSY A Histologically Verified Material
- 1 July 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Acta Pathologica Microbiologica Scandinavica Section A Pathology
- Vol. 85A (2) , 230-234
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1699-0463.1977.tb00420.x
Abstract
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.Keywords
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