Fallibility of transthoracic needle biopsy of anterior mediastinal masses
| Autor: | Philip J. Bierman, Lary A. Robinson, John R. Dobson |
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| Rok vydání: | 1995 |
| Předmět: |
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Thorax Core needle Adult medicine.medical_specialty Percutaneous Lymphoma B-Cell medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Biopsy Needle Carcinoid Tumor Mediastinal Neoplasms Mediastinal Neoplasm Needle biopsy Biopsy Medicine Humans Carcinoid tumour Female Radiology Diagnostic Errors business Transthoracic needle biopsy Research Article |
| Zdroj: | Thorax. 50(10) |
| ISSN: | 0040-6376 |
| Popis: | Percutaneous transthoracic core needle biopsy has been advocated as a highly accurate technique for the diagnosis of anterior mediastinal masses. A patient is described with a large anterior mediastinal mass in whom the diagnosis of mediastinal carcinoid tumour was made by transthoracic core needle biopsy. At definitive surgical resection the tumour proved to be a B cell lymphoma. This case illustrates one of the important limitations of needle biopsy with its potential for sampling error. |
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