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TRANSTHORACIC HILAR AND MEDIASTINAL BIOPSY - 06/09/11

Doi : 10.1016/S0033-8389(05)70163-9 
Zenon Protopapas, MD *, Jack L. Westcott, MD *

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Transthoracic needle biopsy (TNB) for the diagnosis of pneumonia and lung carcinoma was first described over a century ago, long before radiographic techniques were available.27, 30 Modern fluoroscopy, the use of 18- to 22-gauge biopsy needles, and advances in cytopathology revolutionized TNB.11 The use of fine needles and improved radiologic guidance contributed to the low morbidity and negligible mortality of TNB.69, 74 These advances have resulted in a high accuracy of TNB (sensitivity of 90% to 98%) in diagnosing cancer.17, 23, 24, 61, 72, 73

The introduction of CT as guidance for TNB has made the routine retrieval of material from small pulmonary lesions and most hilar and mediastinal masses possible.2, 6, 14, 15, 43, 58, 64, 65, 75 Surgical techniques of mediastinal biopsy (mediastinoscopy, mediastinotomy, thoracotomy, or thoracoscopy) have a high diagnostic accuracy but are more invasive and are associated with the morbidity of a surgical procedure. TNB can be performed successfully as an outpatient procedure under local anesthesia, and is particularly useful in the diagnosis of carcinoma where it may obviate the need for a surgical diagnostic procedure.

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 Address reprint requests to Zenon Protopapas, MD, Department of Radiology, Hospital of Saint Raphael, 1450 Chapel Street, New Haven, CT 06511, e-mail: ZENONP@worldnet.att.net


© 2000  W. B. Saunders Company. Publié par Elsevier Masson SAS. Tous droits réservés.
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Vol 38 - N° 2

P. 281-291 - mars 2000 Retour au numéro
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