Purpose: To report our experience with computed tomography (CT)-guided coaxial needle biopsy of intrathoracic lesions by different approaches. Material methods: Medical records of 100 patients who underwent CT-guided biopsy of intrathoracic lesions were evaluated retrospectively. A coaxial needle technique was used in all patients; an 18-gauge needle was used for transsternal penetration, throu...

The present study compared the diagnostic yield of ultrasound-assisted cutting-needle biopsy (CNB) and fine-needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) in chest lesions. A physician performed ultrasound and FNAB with a 22-G spinal needle in all patients, directly followed by a 14-G CNB in patients without contraindication. A total of 155 consecutive lesions arising from the lung (74%), pleura (12%), medias...

Core needle biopsy (CNB) was introduced as an alternative diagnostic tool to fine-needle aspiration (FNA), and is increasingly being used in the preoperative assessment of thyroid nodules. CNB provides a definitive diagnosis in most cases, but it sometimes may be inconclusive. CNB has the advantage of enabling a histologic examination in relation to the surrounding thyroid tissue, immunohistoch...

PURPOSE To evaluate the risk of pneumothorax during CT-guided fine-needle aspiration (FNA) of lung nodules with single needle and coaxial needle techniques and to assess the effect on diagnostic accuracy of immediate cytological examination of lung FNA samples. MATERIALS AND METHODS This prospective study analysed 53 patients undergoing transthoracic FNA biopsy of lung. 36 cases were performe...

Cervicofacial actinomycosis, a rare chronic infectious disease, is, however, an important clinical entity, due to the difficulties involved, still today, in its diagnosis. Following personal experience in a case referred to our Department, and in agreement with reports in the literature, attention is drawn to the presenting clinical manifestations, stressing that these are often confusing since...

BACKGROUND Biopsy needles have recently been developed to obtain both cytological and histological specimens during endoscopic ultrasound (EUS). We conducted this study to compare 22-gauge (G) fine needle aspiration (FNA) needles, which have been the most frequently used, and new 25G fine needle biopsy (FNB) needles for EUS-guided sampling of solid pancreatic masses. METHODS We conducted a re...

ECG. Fine needle aspiration cytology, with immediate reporting in the outpatient diagnosis of breast cancer. Ann R Coll Surg Eng 1987;69:280-2. 3 Dixon JM, Clarke PJ, Crucioli V, Dehn TCB, Greenall M, Lee ECG. Reduction in biopsy rate in benign breast disease using fine needle aspiration cytology with immediate reporting. BrJ7 Surg 1987;74: 1014-6. 4 Lofgren M, Andersson I, Bondeson L, Lindholm...

A preoperative presumptive diagnosis of ameloblastoma is sometimes made in the light of available clinical and radiological data, which are generally not very characteristic. The final diagnosis can only be made on the basis of histologic features. In this paper, a case of ameloblastoma diagnosed preoperatively by fine-needle aspiration cytology is presented and the potential value of this tech...

BACKGROUND The ideal method for diagnosis of breast cancer is debatable. METHODS The methods of diagnosis of 436 new cases of breast adenocarcinoma presenting from Jan 2005 till Dec 2006 at the University Malaya Medical Centre (UMMC) were examined in this study. RESULTS A total of 388 cases presented to the breast unit in UMMC primarily and 48 cases were diagnosed in non-breast units in oth...