title: Diagnostic approaches in metastatic lung disease.
abstract: Procedures such as bronchoscopy, bronchial brushing, pleural needle biopsy, mediastinoscopy, and percutaneous aspiration and trephine needle biopsy afford the specialist in pulmonary medicine a wide diagnostic armamentarium and considerable flexibility in the diagnostic management of patients with metastatic lung disease.
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000150:complications; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D002404:Catheterization; D003581:Cytodiagnosis; D005260:Female; D005336:Fiber Optic Technology; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000150:complications; D008722:Methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010996:Pleural Effusion / Q000473:pathology; D013183:Sputum / Q000166:cytology; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000150:complications; D014207:Trephining