title: Fine needle aspiration of the lung: a pathologist's perspective.
abstract: Fine needle aspiration of the lung is gaining wide acceptance as a fast, accurate, safe, and inexpensive method of diagnosing lung lesions. It provides information that eliminates the need for or helps guide surgery. If used optimally, pulmonary fine needle aspiration has a diagnostic accuracy approaching open biopsy with minimal and minor morbidity. Since fine needle aspiration has closely linked radiology and pathology, communication and understanding between these areas is of increasing importance.
mesh_terms: D001707:Biopsy, Needle / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary