title: [Needle biopsy of the pleura].
abstract: A total of 171 pleural needle biopsies were carried out in 123 patients with pleural effusion. The sensitivity of the method proved to be 51% for malignant diseases and 75% for tuberculotic pleurisy, respectively. Performing biopsy simultaneously with the cytological examination of the pleural fluid, malignancy was proved only by needle biopsy in 20% of the patients, while cytology was found negative in these cases. Simultaneously performed thoracocentesis and pleural needle biopsy is suggested.
authors.affiliation: Pulmonológiai Klinika, Semmelweis Orvostudományi Egyetem, Budapest.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zsiray
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Appel
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lantos
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Szondy
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D001707:Biopsy, Needle / Q000295:instrumentation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008654:Mesothelioma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D010995:Pleural Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D010997:Pleural Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D014396:Tuberculosis, Pleural / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology
vernacular_title: A pleura tübiopsziája.