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2290025

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1991-4-4
pubmed:abstractText
Two thousand and ninety-one ultrasound-guided fine-needle biopsies were performed in 1946 patients to diagnose focal liver lesions. The diagnostic accuracy of fine-needle biopsies is very high (only one false positive was observed), both for aspiration biopsy (93.4%) and for cutting biopsy (95.1%). The difference is not statistically significant. In cases of hepatocellular carcinoma (but not in cases of metastasis or hepatic lymphoma), double biopsy (aspiration and cutting) showed higher diagnostic sensitivity than single methods. A certain number of benign focal liver lesions were also diagnosed. In the present series, no case of death following liver puncture was observed. Intraperitoneal hemorrhage was the most common complication. The risk with a cutting needle being higher than with an aspirative needle.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0168-8278
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
11
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
344-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1990
pubmed:articleTitle
Ultrasound-guided fine-needle biopsy of focal liver lesions: techniques, diagnostic accuracy and complications. A retrospective study on 2091 biopsies.
pubmed:affiliation
1st Medical Division, Hospital of Piacenza, Italy.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Clinical Trial, Multicenter Study