Revista clínica española
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Revista clínica española · Sep 1999
Letter Review Case Reports[Encephalitis due to Epstein-Barr virus in an adult].
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Revista clínica española · Sep 1999
[Echography-guided percutaneous biopsy of pleural lesions and effusions].
Our experience in the use of ultrasonic echography (UE) is exposed as a guide for directing small lesions and pleural effusions percutaneous lesions with an unknown grounds. We have done pleural percutaneous biopsy using UE as guide in 45 patients. The needle diameter ranges between 17 and 19.5 G. ⋯ The right result was obtained in 93% of the cases. There were not complications. We conclude that echography-directed pleural biopsy presents an excellent diagnostic profitability, it improves the results obtained with blind biopsy with Cope's needle and it must precede thoracoscopy by means of its less aggressiveness.