PMID- 9883613
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 19990322
LR  - 20110727
IS  - 0047-1852 (Print)
IS  - 0047-1852 (Linking)
VI  - 56
IP  - 12
DP  - 1998 Dec
TI  - [Biopsy for diagnosis of tuberculosis].
PG  - 3077-81
AB  - Recent advances of molecular techniques make diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis 
      rapid and easier comparing to conventional techniques. However, diagnosis for 
      tuberculosis, especially tuberculous pleuritis, tuberculous lymphadenitis and 
      non-pulmonary tuberculosis, is not easy. Transbroncheal lung biopsy (TBLB) is a 
      helpful examination for not only pulmonary tuberculosis but also malignant 
      diseases. The pleural biopsy using Cope needle was commonly used as a method for 
      diagnosis of tuberculous pleuritis, and the sensitivity of pleural biopsy is 
      about 50% or more. Furthermore, the pleural biopsy using thoracoscopy was 
      reported to show a higher sensitivity for the diagnosis of tuberculous pleuritis. 
      A lymph node biopsy is also a useful method for diagnosis of tuberculous 
      lymphadenitis. Thus, a biopsy method is the reliable tool for diagnosis of not 
      only pulmonary tuberculosis, but also other organ tuberculosis.
FAU - Ohno, H
AU  - Ohno H
AD  - Second Department of Internal Medicine, Nagasaki University School of Medicine.
FAU - Kohno, S
AU  - Kohno S
LA  - jpn
PT  - English Abstract
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Review
PL  - Japan
TA  - Nihon Rinsho
JT  - Nihon rinsho. Japanese journal of clinical medicine
JID - 0420546
SB  - IM
MH  - Biopsy/*methods
MH  - Humans
MH  - Lung/pathology
MH  - Lymph Nodes/pathology
MH  - Pleura/pathology
MH  - Tuberculosis/*pathology
MH  - Tuberculosis, Lymph Node/pathology
MH  - Tuberculosis, Pleural/pathology
RF  - 15
EDAT- 1999/01/12 00:00
MHDA- 1999/01/12 00:01
CRDT- 1999/01/12 00:00
PHST- 1999/01/12 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 1999/01/12 00:01 [medline]
PHST- 1999/01/12 00:00 [entrez]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Nihon Rinsho. 1998 Dec;56(12):3077-81.