title: [Transparietal pulmonary puncture in the diagnosis of excavated pulmonary masses. Apropos of 18 cases].
abstract: The aetiological diagnosis of excavated pulmonary opacities is sometimes uneasy, hovering between squamous cell carcinoma and abscess. Normal results at bronchoscopy and two weeks of antibiotic therapy do not always provide a definite answer. The authors report 18 cases of such excavated masses and conclude that transparietal needle aspiration can establish the diagnosis provided some technical procedures are followed and the samples obtained are examined by skilled cytologists.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D003581:Cytodiagnosis / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
vernacular_title: Apport de la ponction pulmonaire transpariétale au diagnostic des masses pulmonaires excavées. A propos de 18 cas.