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http://dx.doi.org/10.5090/kjtcs.2013.46.4.316

Thoracoscopic Needle Aspiration Biopsy for a Centrally Located Solitary Pulmonary Nodule

Sung, Ho Kyung (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Korea University Guro Hospital, Korea University College of Medicine)
Kim, Hyun Koo (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Korea University Guro Hospital, Korea University College of Medicine)
Choi, Young Ho (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Korea University Guro Hospital, Korea University College of Medicine)

Publication Information

Journal of Chest Surgery / v.46, no.4, 2013 , pp. 316-318 More about this Journal

Abstract

Thoracoscopic needle aspiration is a good alternative for a centrally-located solitary pulmonary nodule (SPN) suspected of being lung cancer without severe pleural adhesion. The authors report the technique of thoracoscopic needle aspiration biopsy in a SPN just in the medial aspect of the truncus anterior pulmonary artery and the right upper lobe bronchus.

Keywords

Biopsy, needle; Lung neoplasms; Solitary pulmonary nodule; Thoracoscopy;

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