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Transthoracic Needle Biopsy

Known as: TTNA, TTNB, Transthoracic Needle Aspiration Biopsy 
A diagnostic procedure in which a needle is inserted in the thoracic cavity to detect lesions of the pleura, lung parenchyma, or mediastinum.
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Review
2015
Review
2015
Diagnostic Accuracy of MRI-guided Percutaneous Transthoracic Needle Biopsy of Solitary Pulmonary Nodules
ObjectiveThe purpose of our study was to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of MRI-guided percutaneous transthoracic needle biopsy… 
Review
2009
Review
2009
CT-guided Transthoracic Needle Biopsy in the Diagnosis of Sarcoidosis
Objectives In patients with suspected sarcoidosis requiring pathologic confirmation of the presence of noncaseating granulomatous… 
Review
1999
Review
1999
Interventional techniques in the thorax.
Review
1997
Review
1997
CT-guided transthoracic needle biopsy in the diagnosis of chest tumours.
Percutaneous Transthoracic Needle Biopsy (PTNB) is an accepted technique for the diagnosis of suspected intrathoracic malignancy… 
Review
1995
Review
1995
Diagnostic yield of transthoracic needle aspiration biopsy following negative fiberoptic bronchoscopy in 103 patients with peripheral circumscribed pulmonary lesions.
The diagnostic potential of secondary transthoracic needle biopsy (TNB) following negative fiberoptic bronchoscopy (FOB) in… 
1994
1994
Transbronchial Needle Aspiration Versus Transthoracic Needle Aspiration in the Diagnosis of Pulmonary Lesions
Abstract In a prospective study (1989–1992) of pulmonary nodules/masses and/or mediastinal/hilar lesions, 329 patients underwent… 
1989
1989
Percutaneous transthoracic needle aspiration biopsy: a case report of implantation metastasis.
Dissemination of tumor cells along the needle tract after needle aspiration biopsy has been reported in the literature, but it is… 
1989
1989
Transthoracic needle aspiration biopsy in inflammatory pseudotumors of the lung
The cytologic findings on transthoracic needle aspiration biopsy in four patients with pulmonary inflammatory pseudotumor are… 
Review
1988
Review
1988
Transthoracic needle aspiration biopsy. Review of 233 cases.
In 233 cases in which transthoracic needle aspiration was done at the Mayo Clinic from 1980 through 1983, the cytology slides… 
Review
1987
Review
1987
Transthoracic needle aspiration biopsy--optimizing the yield.
Transthoracic needle aspiration biopsy (TNAB) is the procedure of choice for the diagnosis of focal pulmonary processes. TNAB can… 
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