Open Journal of Thoracic Surgery

Vol.6 No.4(2016), Paper ID 72702, 13 pages

DOI:10.4236/ojts.2016.64008

 

Predictors of Malignant Pathology and the Role of Trans-Thoracic Needle Biopsy in Management of Solitary Fibrous Tumors of the Pleura: A 30-Year Review of a Tertiary Care Center Patient Cohort

 

Anna McGuire, Patrick J. Villeneuve, Harman Sekhon, Sebastien Gilbert, Sudhir Sundaresan, Donna E. Maziak, Andrew E. J. Seely, Farid M. Shamji

 

Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, The Ottawa Hospital General Campus, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada
Division of Thoracic Pathology, Department of Anatomic Pathology, The Ottawa Hospital General Campus, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada
Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, The Ottawa Hospital General Campus, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada
Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, The Ottawa Hospital General Campus, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada
Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, The Ottawa Hospital General Campus, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada
Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, The Ottawa Hospital General Campus, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada
Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, The Ottawa Hospital General Campus, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada
Division of Thoracic Surgery, Vancouver Coastal Health, Vancouver, Canada

 

Copyright © 2016 Anna McGuire, Patrick J. Villeneuve, Harman Sekhon, Sebastien Gilbert, Sudhir Sundaresan, Donna E. Maziak, Andrew E. J. Seely, Farid M. Shamji et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

 

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McGuire, A. , Villeneuve, P. , Sekhon, H. , Gilbert, S. , Sundaresan, S. , Maziak, D. , Seely, A. and Shamji, F. (2016) Predictors of Malignant Pathology and the Role of Trans-Thoracic Needle Biopsy in Management of Solitary Fibrous Tumors of the Pleura: A 30-Year Review of a Tertiary Care Center Patient Cohort. Open Journal of Thoracic Surgery, 6, 57-69. doi: 10.4236/ojts.2016.64008.

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