These tools will no longer be maintained as of December 31, 2024. Archived website can be found here. PubMed4Hh GitHub repository can be found here. Contact NLM Customer Service if you have questions.


Pubmed for Handhelds

PUBMED FOR HANDHELDS

Search MEDLINE/PubMed

  • Title: The diagnostic value of chest X-ray combined with fine-needle aspiration biopsy in patients suspected for pulmonary hamartomas.
    Author: Steen-Hansen E.
    Journal: Rontgenblatter; 1987 Oct; 40(10):321-4. PubMed ID: 3685839.
    Abstract:
    Hamartomas of the lung are usually discovered incidentally during chest X-ray in asymptomatic patients. Their differentiation from lung carcinoma or metastases may not be possible by radiography. Transthoracic fine-needle aspiration biopsy is an important and safe diagnostic tool in that differentiation. In our institution we have been practising this method since 1971. By combining clinical information, radiological appearance of the pulmonary lesion and the cytological report we achieved safe diagnosis in 31 of 33 patients. Surgical biopsy was avoided in 29 patients. Based on this series we recommend transthoracic fine-needle aspiration biopsy as the first diagnostic step in evaluating solitary pulmonary lesions suspected of pulmonary hamartomas.
    [Abstract] [Full Text] [Related] [New Search]