Diagnostic utility of conventional transbronchial needle aspiration without rapid on-site evaluation in patients with lung cancer
Background: Endobronchial involvement is frequently absent in many patients with bronchogenic carcinoma. Malignant involvement may be confined to lymph nodes/peribronchial locations only or may be present along with endobronchial lesions. Transbronchial needle aspiration (TBNA) is a flexible broncho...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2014-01-01
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| Series: | Lung India |
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| Online Access: | http://www.lungindia.com/article.asp?issn=0970-2113;year=2014;volume=31;issue=3;spage=208;epage=211;aulast=Walia |