title: [Trial of fluoroscopy-guided transbronchial lung biopsy for the diagnosis of lung tumors].
abstract: As computed tomography( CT) technology has improved, chest CT has been adopted as a means to survey masses. We now see many cases of pulmonary small nodules or ground-glass opacities( GGO). Herein, we report our investigation of a new procedure, fluoroscopy-guided transbronchial lung biopsy (TBLB), for the diagnosis of such lesions. From 2009 through 2010, we examined 25 patients with pulmonary small nodules or GGO. Of these, 76% were successfully examined by conventional methods versus 62% by TBLB.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Respiratology, Kyoundo Hospital Sasaki Foundation.
authors.forename: Eisuke
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: Haruya
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Koshiishi
authors.forename: Masayoshi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: Naganobu
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hayashi
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy / Q000379:methods*; D005471:Fluoroscopy; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*