## Purpose: We report the use of sonography to guide fine-needle aspiration biopsies (fnabs) of lytic lesions of the spine. ## Methods: Twenty-nine patients with lytic vertebral lesions with or without associated extraosseous soft-tissue extension underwent sonographically guided fnab. twelve cer
Ultrasound-guided needle biopsy of lytic lesions of the cervical spine
โ Scribed by Dr. Rakesh K. Gupta; Sanjay Gupta; Pradeep Tandon; D. K. Chhabra
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1993
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 383 KB
- Volume
- 21
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0091-2751
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