title: Thoracoscopic needle aspiration biopsy for a centrally located solitary pulmonary nodule.
abstract: Thoracoscopic needle aspiration is a good alternative for a centrally-located solitary pulmonary nodule (SPN) suspected of being lung cancer without severe pleural adhesion. The authors report the technique of thoracoscopic needle aspiration biopsy in a SPN just in the medial aspect of the truncus anterior pulmonary artery and the right upper lobe bronchus.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Korea University Guro Hospital, Korea University College of Medicine, Korea.
authors.forename: Ho Kyung
authors.initials: HK
authors.lastname: Sung
authors.forename: Hyun Koo
authors.initials: HK
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Young Ho
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Choi
keywords: Biopsy, needle; Lung neoplasms; Solitary pulmonary nodule; Thoracoscopy