Benign circumscribed lesions of the liver diagnosed by ultrasonically guided fine-needle biopsy

✍ Scribed by Cornelia Spamer; Hans-Jürgen Brambs; Herbert K. Koch; Wolfgang Gerok

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1986
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 547 KB
• Volume: 14
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0091-2751
• DOI: 10.1002/jcu.1870140202

✦ Synopsis

Cytologic evaluation of aspirates obtained by ultrasonically guided puncture of circumscribed lesions leads to the diagnosis of a malignant lesion when tumor cells are detected. In the absence of tumor cells, it remains uncertain whether the focus had been biopsied correctly, since the histologic diagnosis of a benign focal lesion can only occasionally be made by means of cytologic smears. Cases are presented showing circumscribed lesions of the liver. With a cut-biopsy fine needle, small cylinders of tissue were obtained under ultrasonic guidance and examined after histologic preparation. In each case, a benign focal lesion could be diagnosed, proving that the observed lesion had been correctly biopsied.