Five anterior mediastinal tumors were biopsied with a fine needle under ultrasound guidance. All the tumors were solid, hypoechoic, perivascularly situated masses. Their mean diameter was 7.2 cm. Cytologically there were 2 mediastinal metastatic carcinomas, 1 poorly differentiated carcinoma or non-H
US-guided percutaneous needle biopsy of anterior mediastinal masses in children
✍ Scribed by Luke McCrone; Sarah Alexander; Cengiz Karsli; Glenn Taylor; Joao G. Amaral; Dimitri Parra; Michael Temple; Philip John; Bairbre L. Connolly
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 542 KB
- Volume
- 42
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0301-0449
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