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Ultrasonic Elastography-guided Pleural Biopsy for the Diagnosis of Pleural Effusion: A Multicenter Prospective Study of Diagnostic Test Performance.

Mingming DengXianwei YeJiangwei MaYang XiaQin ZhangBin JiangJie WuQing WenYujin ZhengYan YinRun TongGuowu ZhouHongmei YaoXuelian LiFelix J F HerthGang HouChen Wang
Published in: Annals of the American Thoracic Society (2023)
Elastography-guided pleural biopsy is a novel technique for diagnosing malignant pleural effusion with a good diagnostic yield and sensitivity. Clinical trial registered at https://www.chictr.org.cn (ChiCTR2000033572).
Keyphrases
  • clinical trial
  • ultrasound guided
  • fine needle aspiration
  • liver fibrosis
  • double blind
  • squamous cell carcinoma
  • lymph node metastasis