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Thorax 63:568
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Accuracy in suspicious lung infiltrations

  1. R Carbone1,
  2. E Balleari2,
  3. R Ghio2
  1. 1
    Respiratory Unit, Regional Hospital, Aosta, Italy
  2. 2
    DIMI, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
  1. Dr R Carbone, Respiratory Unit, Regional Hospital, Aosta 11100, Italy; robertocarbo{at}gmail.com

    We read with interest the paper by Targowski et al.1 Suspicious lung infiltrations such as malignant tumours are always difficult to diagnose in clinical practice. Transthoracic fine needle biopsy (TFNB) may be a useful procedure …