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Diagnostic procedures (n = 406)
| Blind closed pleural needle biopsy with local anesthesia | 16 (3.9 %) |
| Medical thoracoscopic biopsy | 11 (2.7 %) |
| Surgical thoracoscopic biopsy | 317 (78.1 %) |
| Biopsy by thoracotomy | 45 (11.1 %) |
| CT-scan guided blind closed pleural needle biopsy | 16 (4 %) |
| Unknown | 1 (0.2 %) |
