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ArticleDiagnostics (Basel, Switzerland)2026

Ultrasound-Guided Needle Aspiration Biopsy for Superficial Cervical Lymphadenopathy: Diagnostic Yield Beyond Tuberculosis.

Maria Angela Licata, Giorgio Monteleone, Enrico Schiavi, Virginia Di Bari, Annelisa Mastrobattista, Alberto Zolezzi, Serena Maria Carli, Carla Nisii, Daniele Colombo, Fabrizio Palmieri and 2 more

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Article in Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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12 authors.

Maria Angela LicataPulmonology Unit and UTIR, Ospedale Civile San Salvatore, 67100 L'Aquila, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-6238-3818
Giorgio MonteleoneDivision of Respiratory Medicine, Department PROMISE, "Paolo Giaccone" University Hospital, 90100 Palermo, Italy.
Enrico SchiaviDepartment of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, Sapienza University of Rome, AOU Policlinico Umberto I, 00185 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0009-0003-3954-8620
Virginia Di BariRespiratory Infectious Diseases Unit, National Institute for Infectious Diseases "Lazzaro Spallanzani" IRCCS, 00149 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-3949-9705
Annelisa MastrobattistaRespiratory Infectious Diseases Unit, National Institute for Infectious Diseases "Lazzaro Spallanzani" IRCCS, 00149 Rome, Italy.
Alberto ZolezziRespiratory Infectious Diseases Unit, National Institute for Infectious Diseases "Lazzaro Spallanzani" IRCCS, 00149 Rome, Italy.
Serena Maria CarliInfectious Diseases Unit, Ospedale Infermi, 47923 Rimini, Italy.
Carla NisiiLaboratory of Microbiology and Biorepository, National Institute for Infectious Diseases "Lazzaro Spallanzani" IRCCS, 00149 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-5369-0437
Daniele ColomboPathology Unit, National Institute for Infectious Diseases "Lazzaro Spallanzani" IRCCS, 00149 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-8607-2950
Fabrizio PalmieriRespiratory Infectious Diseases Unit, National Institute for Infectious Diseases "Lazzaro Spallanzani" IRCCS, 00149 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-8184-6291
Gina GualanoRespiratory Infectious Diseases Unit, National Institute for Infectious Diseases "Lazzaro Spallanzani" IRCCS, 00149 Rome, Italy.
Paola MencariniRespiratory Infectious Diseases Unit, National Institute for Infectious Diseases "Lazzaro Spallanzani" IRCCS, 00149 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-8928-8183

Funding

Ministero della Salute grant of the IRCCS Research Program n.4 Tuberculosis
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cervical lymphadenopathyextrapulmonary tuberculosismodified Menghini aspiration needletuberculous lymphadenitisultrasound-guided needle aspiration biopsy (US-NAB)

Identifiers

PMID42793836
PMCPMC13605596

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