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RADIOLOGICALLY‐GUIDED PERCUTANEOUS FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION BIOPSIES OF ABDOMINAL AND OSSEOUS LESIONS
Author(s) -
PHILIPS J.,
WAUGH R.,
NG A. B. P.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.596
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1445-5994
pISSN - 0004-8291
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-5994.1984.tb03763.x
Subject(s) - medicine , fine needle aspiration , percutaneous , radiology , malignancy , biopsy , percutaneous biopsy , medical diagnosis , referral , surgery , pathology , family medicine
The indications, technique, complications and results of radiologically‐guided percutaneous fine needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) of abdominal and osseous sites performed over a four and a half year period at an Australian tertiary referral hospital are presented. FNAB provided a positive tissue diagnosis for malignancy in 79% of osseous and 78% of abdominal lesions with no false positive diagnoses in either series. Particular problems encountered and the methods employed to overcome them are discussed.