Use of cryobiopsy during pleuroscopy for diagnosis of sarcomatoid malignant mesothelioma

Thorax. 2017 Feb;72(2):193-195. doi: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2016-208994. Epub 2016 Aug 31.

Authors

Hiang-Ping Chan^{1

2}, Mei-Fong Liew^{1

2}, Ju-Ee Seet³, Pyng Lee^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Divison of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, University Medicine Cluster, National University Health System, Singapore, Singapore.
² Department of Medicine, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.
³ Department of Pathology, National University Health System, Singapore, Singapore.

PMID: 27581618
DOI: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2016-208994

No abstract available

Keywords: Mesothelioma; Pleural Disease.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Cryosurgery*
Humans
Image-Guided Biopsy*
Lung Neoplasms / pathology*
Male
Mesothelioma / pathology*
Mesothelioma, Malignant
Thoracoscopy*