Mungall I P, Cowen P N, Cooke N T, Roach T C, Cooke N J
Thorax. 1980 Aug;35(8):600-2. doi: 10.1136/thx.35.8.600.
Multiple pleural biopsies (up to 10) were taken with the Abrams needle through a single aspiration site in 55 patients with pleural effusions. A definite positive or suggestive pleural biopsy diagnosis was made in 33 patients (60%). In 32 of the 33 patients the pathological abnormality was confined to only a proportion of the biopsies. Pleural biopsies were positive or suggestive in 26 out of 36 patients (72%) eventually shown to have tumour and seven out of eight patients (88%) with tuberculosis. Small pneumothoraces occurred in four patients and surgical emphysema in two.
对55例胸腔积液患者，通过单个穿刺部位用Abrams针进行多次胸膜活检（最多10次）。33例患者（60%）获得明确的阳性或提示性胸膜活检诊断。在这33例患者中的32例，病理异常仅局限于部分活检标本。最终证实患有肿瘤的36例患者中，26例（72%）胸膜活检呈阳性或有提示意义；8例结核病患者中有7例（88%）如此。4例患者出现小气胸，2例出现手术性气肿。
