Ultrasound-Guided Abrams Pleural Biopsy vs CT-Guided Tru-Cut Pleural Biopsy in Malignant Pleural Disease, a 3-Year Follow-up Study

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• 作者：Parthipan Sivakumar ; Deepak Jayaram ; Deepak Rao ; Vignesh Dhileepan ; Irfan Ahmed…
• 关键词：Pleura ; Malignancy ; Biopsy ; Abrams ; Tru ; Cut ; Biopsy
• 刊名：Lung
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：December 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：194
• 期：6
• 页码：911-916
• 全文大小：756 KB
• 刊物类别：Medicine
• 刊物主题：Medicine & Public Health
  Pneumology and Respiratory System
  
• 出版者：Springer New York
• ISSN：1432-1750
• 卷排序：194

文摘

PurposeConventional Abrams biopsy shows low sensitivity in suspected malignant pleural disease. There are limited data on the improvement in sensitivity by adding in image guidance. This retrospective study compares the diagnostic sensitivity of Abrams biopsy using ultrasound guidance with CT-guided Tru-Cut biopsy in suspected malignant pleural disease.