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A1 KLASSEN KP, ANLYAN AJ, CURTIS GM
T1 BIopsy of diffuse pulmonary lesions
JF Archives of Surgery
JO Archives of Surgery
YR 1949
FD September 1
VO 59
IS 3
SP 694
OP 704
DO 10.1001/archsurg.1949.01240040702028
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archsurg.1949.01240040702028
AB DIFFUSE, extensive, bilateral pulmonary lesions producing minimal symptoms and frequently found on routine roentgen examination present a challenging diagnostic problem. They may represent a fibrotic reaction to inhalation or radiation trauma or to infection, both bacterial and fungus; a primary pulmonary neoplasm, or metastatic lesions from asymptomatic primary carcinoma elsewhere. A presumptive diagnosis can occasionally be made on the basis of the history; examination of bronchial fluid, blood and bone marrow; sensitivity studies, or biopsy of peripheral lymph nodes. An absolute diagnosis, however, cannot be made in a large number of patients by these indirect methods. In a series of 50 patients we have been able to diagnose such lesions with certainty by the use of a simple technic of pulmonary biopsy, which in our experience has led to no serious complications and has been of minimal discomfort to the patients.SURGICAL TECHNIC 
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