The significance of smear cytology of ultrasonography (US) or computed tomography (CT) guided core needle biopsy tissues have never been referred to. In this study, the first comparison between cytology and the corresponding histopathology was made to clarify the role of additional smear cytology in the diagnosis of lung lesions. This was a retrospective analysis of sixty-nine consecutive patie...

STUDY OBJECTIVE The purposes of this study were as follows: (1) to establish the positivity rate and complication rate of transbronchial lung biopsies in the treatment of lung transplant recipients; (2) to determine the sensitivity of transbronchial lung biopsy specimens for the diagnosis of clinically suspected acute rejection and cytomegalovirus pneumonia; and (3) to examine the results of su...

INTRODUCTION Surgical lung biopsy is an invasive procedure performed when other procedures have failed to provide an urgent and specific diagnosis, but there may be reluctance to perform it in critically ill patients with diffuse pulmonary infiltrates. PURPOSE To evaluate the diagnostic accuracy, the changes in therapy and survival of patients with diffuse lung infiltrates, mostly presenting ...