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Pleural biopsy specimens obtained with Abrams needles contained pleural tissue in 81 patients (91.0%) and were diagnostic for tuberculosis in 54 patients (sensitivity 81.8%), whereas Tru-Cut needle ...

Percutaneous pleural biopsy is a minimally invasive procedure performed to obtain pleural tissue using a pleural biopsy needle. This may be performed untargeted for pleural effusions, or using ...

After a local anesthetic is given, the doctor uses a needle that is guided through the chest wall into a suspicious area with computed tomography (CT or CAT scan) or fluoroscopy (a type of X-ray ...

Direct biopsy of the pleura during thoracotomy has been performed by several investigators during recent years. Stead, Eichenholz and Stauss 10 could demonstrate tuberculosis in the tissue removed ...

We are presenting 16 consecutive cases studied by the methods of Vim–Silverman needle biopsy and open pleural biopsy. The patients ranged in age from two to forty-seven years.

What is a pleural biopsy? A biopsy is a procedure done to remove a tissue sample from the body so it can be examined. The pleura is a double layer of membranes that surrounds the lungs. A pleural ...

At least 8 hours before your lung biopsy, usually around midnight, you'll likely need to stop eating and drinking. If you'll be awake during the procedure, you may be able to drink water in the ...

Image-guided or assisted needle biopsies and the increasing use of medical thoracoscopy (MT) have significantly increased the diagnostic accuracy of pleural diseases. However, there is no consensus on ...

For the diagnosis of people with pleural effusion, an initial image-assisted Abrams needle biopsy (IA-ANPB) can match medical thoracoscopy (MT) in diagnostic accuracy in some cases, a small ...