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Table 11 Methods of histopathologic confirmation in the study population

From: The role of ultrasound-guided transthoracic Tru-Cut core biopsy in the diagnosis peripheral thorax lesion

 

Transthoracic ultrasound-guided biopsy

Thoracoscopic biopsy

Surgical biopsy

CT-guided

Mediastinum (n = 10)

10

0

0

0

Chest wall (n = 2)

2

0

0

0

Lung (n = 20)

19

0

0

1

LN (n = 11)

8

0

2

1

Pleura (n = 17)

15

2

0

0

  1. LN lymph node, CT computed tomography