TY - JOUR
T1 - Needle Aspiration Biopsy Technique in Pulmonary Disease
T2 - Application to Therapy
AU - Castellino, Ronald A.
AU - Goldstein, Harvey M.
AU - Stinson, Edward B.
AU - Griepp, Randall B.
PY - 1970/7/20
Y1 - 1970/7/20
N2 - Pulmonary aspergillosis due to Aspergillus fumigatus followed cardiac transplantation in a 58-year-old man. Diagnosis was achieved by needle aspiration biopsy of a single cavitary lesion in the upper lobe of the right lung. A trial of intravenous amphotericin B therapy was unsuccessful in halting progress of the lesion. Needle aspiration of the lesion was repeated and a small polyethylene catheter was threaded into the cavity and left in place for long-term endocavitary irrigations with amphotericin B and sodium iodide. Endocavitary treatment was associated with clinical improvement and decrease in size of the lesion.
AB - Pulmonary aspergillosis due to Aspergillus fumigatus followed cardiac transplantation in a 58-year-old man. Diagnosis was achieved by needle aspiration biopsy of a single cavitary lesion in the upper lobe of the right lung. A trial of intravenous amphotericin B therapy was unsuccessful in halting progress of the lesion. Needle aspiration of the lesion was repeated and a small polyethylene catheter was threaded into the cavity and left in place for long-term endocavitary irrigations with amphotericin B and sodium iodide. Endocavitary treatment was associated with clinical improvement and decrease in size of the lesion.
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U2 - 10.1001/jama.1970.03170290059016
DO - 10.1001/jama.1970.03170290059016
M3 - Article
C2 - 4912737
AN - SCOPUS:0014956454
SN - 0098-7484
VL - 213
SP - 463
EP - 464
JO - JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association
JF - JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association
IS - 3
ER -