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Diagnostic Yield of CT-Guided Percutaneous Transthoracic Needle Biopsy for Diagnosis of Anterior Mediastinal Masses

DOI

71

Citations

16

References

2015

Year

Milena Petranović, Matthew D. Gilman, Ashok Muniappan, Robert P. Hasserjian, Subba R. Digumarthy, Victorine V. Muse, Amita Sharma, Jo-Anne O. Shepard, Carol C. Wu
American Journal of Roentgenology

Abstract

CT-guided percutaneous biopsy is a safe diagnostic procedure with high diagnostic yield (77%) for anterior mediastinal lesions, highest for thymic neoplasms (100%), and can potentially obviate more invasive procedures.

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