Adequacy of Cytologic Samples by Ultrasound-Guided Percutaneous Transthoracic Fine-Needle Aspiration Cytology of Peripheral Pulmonary Nodules for Morphologic Diagnosis and Molecular Evaluations Comparison With Computed Tomography-Guided Percutaneous Transthoracic Fine-Needle Aspiration Cytology

摘要

Context.-Fine-needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) of pulmonary nodules is usually guided by computed tomography (CT), whereas ultrasonography (US) is generally considered not applicable for such purposes.