Open AccessMagnetic resonance-guided repeat biopsy of suspicious malignant lung lesions after an initial negative computed tomography-guided Biopsy
Author(s) -
Xing-Chang Yan,
Ming Liu,
Peipei Li,
Xiaotong Guo,
Yanjun Xu,
Xijing He,
Cheng-Li Li
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of cancer research and therapeutics/journal of cancer research and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 0973-1482
pISSN - 1998-4138
DOI - 10.4103/jcrt.jcrt_1655_21
Subject(s) - medicine , biopsy , radiology , pneumothorax , lung , lung biopsy , lung cancer , magnetic resonance imaging , adenocarcinoma , pathological , lesion , cancer , pathology
This study sought to establish the diagnostic utility of performing a second biopsy using an magnetic resonance (MR)-guided percutaneous transthoracic needle biopsy (PTNB) approach in patients with suspicious malignant lung lesions that had already undergone an initial negative computed tomography (CT)-guided biopsy.