Ultrasound-guided endobronchial, endoscopic, and transthoracic biopsy.
Advances in ultrasound technology coupled with reduced costs have provided the chest physician with novel approaches for evaluating lung and pleural diseases. This review examines the evidence for the use of three ultrasonic techniques pertinent to pulmonary disease: endobronchial ultrasound, endoscopic ultrasound, and transthoracic ultrasound.
Kennedy
Marcus P
MP
Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA. kennedymarcus@hotmail.com
Jimenez
Carlos A
CA
Morice
Rodolfo C
RC
Eapen
George A
GA
D001706:Biopsy / Q000379:methods*; D004724:Endoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D019160:Endosonography; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional