AIM: To determine the safety and efficacy of CT-guided cutting needle biopsy of lung lesions
as an out-patient procedure. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A total of 185 consecutive …

Objective The aim of this study is to clarify the difference of F-18 FDG uptake kinetics
between FDG-avid non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and benign lesions associated with …

PURPOSE: This study was undertaken to determine the value of using dual-time point 18F-
fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) imaging to distinguish …

Cytologic examination of the respiratory tract dates to the mid-nineteenth century. Two
atlases published in 1845 by Donne and Lebert in Paris contain illustrations of cells found in …

OBJECTIVE: To describe Canadian physicians' opinions relative to the choice of diagnostic
procedures in patients presenting with a solitary pulmonary nodule and to identify the …

Management of an indeterminate pulmonary nodule is a diagnostic challenge that
commonly confronts primary care physicians and specialists. Patients often present with this …

Lung cancer is the most common cause of cancer death in men and women. While overall
survival rates remain dismal, survival for early stage disease approaches 70%. Expedient …

Lung tumors can grow to large sizes (> 3 cm) in an asymptomatic patient because the lung
parenchyma lacks innervation for pain perception. Usually, a mass is not discovered until it …

Background: Pulmonary masses represent a great challenge for diagnosis. Fine Needle
Aspiration Cytology (FNAC) is one of the diagnostic methods which was used since long …

Amaç: Kliniğimizde bilgisayarlı tomografi BT eşliğinde yapılan perkütan transtorasik ince
iğne aspirasyon biyopsi TT-İİAB bulguları retrospektif olarak değerlendirilmiş, TT-İİAB'nin …