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Kru languages (sh) and biopsy, pleural needle (medicine)


Kru languages (sh)




Branch of the Niger-Congo language family.

It consists of some 24 Languages (or language clusters) spoken by some three million Kru people living in the forest regions of southwestern C?te d'Ivoire and southern Liberia.


biopsy, pleural needle (medicine)


biopsy, pleural needle
<investigation, procedure, surgery> A pleural needle biopsy involves the use of a needle (inserted from the skin) to obtain a small sample of pleural tissue for microscopic analysis.

The biopsy is done using a local anaesthetic. Abnormal results may reveal cancer (metastatic or primary), tuberculosis, a fungal disease, viral disease, a parasitic disease or collagen vascular disease. Risks include pneumothorax and internal bleeding.