title: [Fine needle aspiration of peripheral lymph nodes].
abstract: Fine needle aspiration of peripheral lymph nodes is a minimal invasive procedure to extract material for cytological analyses. The method is safe, rapidly to apply, less expensive and almost painless for the patient. The puncture of low-lying lymph nodes shoud be performed via ultrasound navigation.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Pneumologie und Kardiologie, Evangelisches Diakonissenkrankenhaus, Leipzig.
authors.forename: Sylvia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gütz
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Pneumologie und Kardiologie, Evangelisches Diakonissenkrankenhaus, Leipzig.
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Knappe
mesh_terms: D044963:Biopsy, Fine-Needle / Q000379:methods*; D061765:Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Fine Needle Aspiration / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D008206:Lymphatic Diseases / Q000473:pathology*