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CT‐guided stereotactic biopsy of intracranial lesions: Correlation between core biopsy and aspiration smear
Author(s) -
Fratkin Jonathan D.,
Ward Michael M.,
Roberts David W.,
Sullivan Margaret M.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
diagnostic cytopathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.417
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1097-0339
pISSN - 8755-1039
DOI - 10.1002/dc.2840020206
Subject(s) - medicine , biopsy , stereotactic biopsy , radiology , core biopsy , sampling (signal processing) , fine needle aspiration , cytology , aspiration biopsy , pathology , cancer , filter (signal processing) , breast cancer , computer science , computer vision
Computerized tomography (CT)‐guided stereotactic biopsies of intracranial lesions in 29 patients were analyzed, paying particular attention to the correlation between core biopsies and aspiration smears. Seven percent were, nondiagnostic due to sampling error. Discrepancies occurred between core biopsies and aspiration smears in 10% of the cases. In two instances of such discrepancies, cytologic findings on the aspiration smear yielded the diagnosis of metastatic tumor. One patient, with herpetic encephalitis, was diagnosed by electron microscopic review of the core biopsy only. One patient died of an intraoperative hemorrhage, a complication of the fine‐needle technique. Diagn Cytopathol 1986;2:126‐1 32.