title: Ultrasound-guided endobronchial, endoscopic, and transthoracic biopsy.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA. kennedymarcus@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Marcus P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Kennedy
authors.forename: Carlos A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Jimenez
authors.forename: Rodolfo C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Morice
authors.forename: George A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Eapen
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy / Q000379:methods*; D004724:Endoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D019160:Endosonography; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional