CT-guided transthoracic needle biopsy of small solitary pulmonary nodules
โ Scribed by David F. Yankelevitz; Claudia I. Henschke; June H. Koizumi; Nasser K. Altorki; Daniel Libby
- Book ID
- 114285134
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 458 KB
- Volume
- 21
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0899-7071
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PURPOSE: To evaluate the effect of coaxial needle size on pneumothorax rate and the diagnostic accuracy of computed tomography (CT)-guided transthoracic needle aspiration biopsy (TNAB) of pulmonary nodules. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Retrospective review of 846 consecutive CT-guided TNAB procedures was
Ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration biopsy (US-guided FNAB) was performed in 40 patients with solitary pulmonary nodules (SPNs) for evaluation of diagnostic results and complication rates. The final diagnoses of the 40 patients included 30 malignancies and 10 benign lesions. Using US-guided FNA