Comment on article “Diagnostic rentability of close pleural biopsy: Tru-cut vs. Cope”

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René Agustín Flores-Franco
<p>Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Hospital General Regional de Zona No. 1, Departamento de Medicina Interna. Chihuahua, Chihuahua</p>

Ernesto Ramos-Martínez
<p>Patolog&iacute;a e Inmunohistoqu&iacute;mica de Chihuahua, S.C. Chihuahua, Chihuahua</p>

Keywords

Pleural Effusion, Biopsy, Needle, Cancer

Abstract

In this letter to the editor it is discussed the use of Tru-cut needle in pleural biopsy and its profitability for the diagnosis of mesothelioma; it is exposed as well its usefulness, having the appropriate training, to obtain guiding results in obese people.

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References

Valdez-López HG, Cano-Rodríguez AI, Montemayor-Chapa M, Castillo Sánchez JF. Rentabilidad diagnóstica de la biopsia pleural cerrada: Tru-cut frente a Cope. Rev Med Inst Mex Seguro Soc. 2018;56(1):12-7.

 

Flores-Franco RA, Ramos-Martínez E, Luévano-Flores E, Fierro-Murga R, Barriga-Acevedo R, Martínez-Tapia ME et al. Malignant mesothelioma trends in Chihuahua, Mexico. Salud Publica Mex. 2014;56(4):315-6.

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Published
May 9, 2019
Issue
Vol. 57 No. 1 (2019): January-February
Section
Letter to the Editor

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Flores-Franco RA, Ramos-Martínez E. Comment on article “Diagnostic rentability of close pleural biopsy: Tru-cut vs. Cope”. Rev Med Inst Mex Seguro Soc [Internet]. 2019 May 9 [cited 2025 Aug. 26];57(1):6. Available from: https://revistamedica.imss.gob.mx/index.php/revista_medica/article/view/2309