| Literature DB >> 28331827 |
Wen Yang1, Hongli Jiang1, Ali Nawaz Khan2, Carolyn Allen2, Luca Bertolaccini3, Tangfeng Lv1, Yong Song1.
Abstract
With improved awareness of public health and the recent advances in various imaging technologies, the detection rate of solitary pulmonary nodules (SPN) is continuously increasing. Transthoracic needle aspiration (TTNA) has represented a major approach for the diagnosis and differential diagnosis of pulmonary masses, owing to its simplicity and minimal invasiveness. This paper demonstrates the role of TTNA in SPN.Keywords: Transthoracic needle aspiration (TTNA); diagnostic tool; lung cancer; solitary pulmonary nodule (SPN)
Year: 2017 PMID: 28331827 PMCID: PMC5344843 DOI: 10.21037/tlcr.2017.02.03
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Transl Lung Cancer Res ISSN: 2218-6751