Ultrasound-guided core needle biopsy for the diagnosis of fibroepithelial breast tumors [PDF]
OBJETIVO: avaliar a taxa de concordância da biópsia percutânea com agulha grossa guiada por ultrassom seguida pela biópsia excisional em nódulos de mama palpáveis, sugestivos de tumores fibroepiteliais.
AMARAL, Paulo Gustavo Tenório do +6 more
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Mucinous invasive carcinoma of the breast and its differential diagnosis by core biopsy: review of the literature [PDF]
A biópsia por agulha grossa (BAG), ou core biopsy, é uma técnica utilizada para retirar pequenos cilindros de tecido mamário. Além de lesões palpáveis, o desenvolvimento de técnicas radiológicas acuradas de localização de lesões mamárias difundiu o uso ...
RIBEIRO-SILVA, Alfredo +1 more
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Usefulness of mammoty in diagnosis and therapy of nonpalpable lesions [PDF]
PURPOSE: to evaluate the accuracy of directional vacuum-assisted biopsy (mammotomy), guided by ultrasonography, in the diagnosis of nonpalpable breast lesion, as compared with excision biopsy, and to evaluate the therapeutic value of mammotomy in ...
Ambrosio, Aline Cristina Camacho +3 more
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Percutaneous computed tomography-guided biopsy of the lung: data from a hospital [PDF]
OBJECTIVE: To present the experience of Santa Cecília Hospital (São Paulo, SP, Brazil) radiology service in the handling of computed tomography-guided fine-needle aspiration biopsy and percutaneous core biopsy of pulmonary lesions, analyzing their ...
Andreosi, Maristela +5 more
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Prospective comparative study of ERCP brush cytology and EUS-FNA for the diferential diagnosis of biliary strictures [PDF]
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate and to compare the diagnostic yield of ERCP brush cytology (ERCP) and EUS-FNA in patients with biliary strictures and evaluates the agreement between general pathologists (GP) and expert GI pathologists (GIP) in the final diagnosis
Ardengh, José Celso +7 more
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Human pulmonary dirofilariasis: a report of seven cases [PDF]
Human pulmonary dirofilariasis is a rare disease caused by the parasite Dirofilaria immitis. It is usually seen as a solitary pulmonary nodule that mimics lung cancer. Although this disease is considered benign, its diagnosis often requires an excisional
Cardoso, João José de Deus +3 more
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Diagnostic accuracy of stereotactic core-needle biopsy of non-palpable breast lesions categorized as BI-RADS® 4 [PDF]
PURPOSE: to assess the accuracy (rate of correct predictions) of stereotactic core needle biopsy (CNB) of risk category BI-RADS® 4 breast lesions. METHODS: a retrospective analysis of category BI-RADS® 4 breast lesions that had been submitted to a ...
Baracat, Edmund Chada +4 more
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The bone marrow biopsy after the introduction of the Jamshidi needle has come into a routine practice due to the facilitation to obtain good sample.
Alves, Antonio Correa
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Pneumoperitoneum by using a Veress needle puncture in the left hypochondriac region: a prospective, randomized clinical trial [PDF]
BACKGROUND: In the creation of the pneumoperitoneum with the Veress neddle, all reported incidents occurred during the puncture in the midline of the abdomen.
Aguiar-Yamaguchi, Gilmara Silva +5 more
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A pilot study of the effects of hormone therapy on normal breast tissue of postmenopausal women [PDF]
PURPOSE: to analyze breast tissue of postmenopausal women before and after six months of continuous combined estrogen-progestin replacement therapy (0.625 mg conjugated equine estrogens associated with 2.5 mg medroxyprogesterone acetate).
Baracat, Edmund Chada +6 more
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