CT-guided percutaneous fine-needle biopsy in the histological characterization of mediastinal-pulmonary lesions
Casamassima, F.; Di Lollo, S.; Arganini, L.; Ruggiero, C.; Cellerini, A.; Fargnoli, R.
La Radiologia Medica 76(5): 438-442
1988
ISSN/ISBN: 0033-8362 PMID: 3205920 Document Number: 312207
CT-guided percutaneous fine-needle biopsy (FNB) is the method of choice in the histological characterization of mediastinum and lung lesions in which a diagnosis could not be reached through noninvasive methods such as cytology of the sputum, or biopsy during bronchoscopy. FNB represents an alternative to diagnostic thoracotomy: it is, in fact, less invasive, it can be carried out with no need for hospitalization, and has a low incidence of complications. FNB diagnostic accuracy is very high, as our results prove: accuracy 89.6%, sensitivity 87.6% and specificity 98%. Our series includes 419 percutaneous fine-needle biopsies.