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Study of computed tomography-guided fine needle aspiration cytology of thoracic lesions

Rangaswamy Maggad, TogyThomas Zacharia, Jayashree Krishnamurthy, Gururajprasad Chennakeshaviah, Sunila, ManjunathGubbanna Vimala

Journal of Cytology · 2012 · 13 citations · 11 references

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Abstract

CT-guided TFNAC is a low cost, safe, minimally invasive and accurate diagnostic procedure with high sensitivity and specificity and when interpreted in conjunction with clinical and radiological data can prevent some of the pitfalls in diagnosis.

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