Premium
Needle biopsy of endothoracic neoformations: A five‐year experience
Author(s) -
Boaron Maurizio,
Mattioli Galeazzo,
Ravasi Gianni,
Zingo Lorenzo
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
journal of surgical oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.201
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1096-9098
pISSN - 0022-4790
DOI - 10.1002/jso.2930100109
Subject(s) - medicine , contraindication , biopsy , fine needle aspiration , radiology , medical diagnosis , percutaneous , surgery , percutaneous biopsy , thoracotomy , pathology , alternative medicine
We dwell upon the importance of percutaneous biopsy in the diagnosis of endothoracic masses, comparing the results of the cutting needles to those of the fine needle aspiration biopsy. We began utilizing the Vim‐Silverman needle with good results (73.7% diagnoses) and a small number of complications, only 1 of which needed treatment, but in the light of the severe and lethal complications described in the literature, we came to prefer the use of the fine needle aspiration technique, which provided good results, too, (74% diagnoses) and enlarged the diagnostic range of the percutaneous biopsy of the lung in cases of deep, or mediastinal masses. We also hold that the use of cutting needles should not be given up: in fact when a technically good smear from an aspiration biopsy does not allow a diagnosis, we usually repeat the biopsy using a cutting needle, if there is no contraindication.