Percutaneous Needle Biopsy of the Lung in Diffuse Pulmonary Diseases
Authors: FELICE MANFREDI
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1963)

Article1 May 1963Percutaneous Needle Biopsy of the Lung in Diffuse Pulmonary DiseasesFELICE MANFREDI, M.D., DAVID ROSENBAUM, M.D., ROY H. BEHNKE, M.D.FELICE MANFREDI, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, DAVID ROSENBAUM, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, ROY H. BEHNKE, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-58-5-773 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptPercutaneous needle biopsy of pulmonary tissue has been used in the past for the bacteriologic study of acute pneumonic processes (1, 2) or for tissue diagnosis of an isolated intrathoracic mass adjacent to the chest wall (3-6). There is a widely held opinion that needle lung biopsy in diffuse pulmonary disease is often followed by complications such as pneumothorax, pulmonary hemorrhage, or spread of the disease process into the chest wall through the fistulous tract, and is thus contraindicated; in addition, this procedure has been thought not to provide tissue adequate for diagnostic studies (7). Lung biopsy by conventional thoracotomy...References1. TCHISTOVITCH N: Contribution á l'étude de la pathogénie de la crise dans la pneumonie fibrineuse. Ann. Inst. Pasteur 18: 304, 1904. Google Scholar2. REIMAN HA: Pneumonia, Charles C Thomas, Springfield, Illinois, 1954. Google Scholar3. CRAVERBINKLEY LFJS: Aspiration biopsy of tumors of the lung. J. Thorac. Cardiov. Surg. 8: 436, 1939. Google Scholar4. GLEDHILLSPRIGGSBINFORD EYJBCH: Needle aspiration in the diagnosis of lung carcinoma. Amer. J. Clin. Path. 19: 235, 1949. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar5. 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KRUMHOLZ, M.D., FELICE MANFREDI, M.D., JOHN G. WEG, DAVID ROSENBAUM, M.D. 1 May 1963Volume 58, Issue 5Page: 773-788KeywordsBiopsyFibrosisHospital medicineLungsMedical servicesPneumoniaProteinsPulmonary diseasesThoracotomyThorax ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 May 1963 PDF downloadLoading ...