title: Percutaneous transperitoneal lymph-node biopsy as a means of improving lymphographic diagnosis.
abstract: Percutaneous transperitoneal fine-needle lymph-node biopsy was performed in 52 patients to establish a diagnosis of metastatic disease in nodal defects detected during lymphography. The procedure was found to be highly accurate, with few false-negatives and no false-positives.
mesh_terms: D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D005188:False Negative Reactions; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology*; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D008220:Lymphography; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D010537:Peritoneum; D012509:Sarcoma / Q000473:pathology; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology