title: [Transthoracic lung-biopsy in diffuse lung diseases (author's transl)].
abstract: A report is given about 360 percutaneous transthoracic lung biopsies in diffuse affections of the lung framework. By means of a good cooperation between skilled lung physician and experienced lung pathologist it was able to get a definitive diagnosis in 88.3% of the cases. The expense concerning this diagnostic procedure is small. As for complications there occurred pneumothoraces (15.8%), lung haemorrhage (5.3%) and haemothorax (1 case).
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy / Q000009:adverse effects; D005260:Female; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology; D006491:Hemothorax / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011030:Pneumothorax / Q000209:etiology
vernacular_title: Uber die transthorakale Lungenbiopsie bei diffusen Lungenerkrankungen.