Diagnostic value of ultrasound guided transthoracic core needle biopsy in patients with mediastinal lesions and vena cava superior syndrome

R. Petkov (Sofia, Bulgaria)

Source: International Congress 2017 – Pleural interventions and transthoracic ultrasound (TUS)
Session: Pleural interventions and transthoracic ultrasound (TUS)
Session type: Thematic Poster
Number: 3764
Disease area: Thoracic oncology

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