title: [Coin lesions: 5 years of percutaneous needle aspiration].
abstract: 197 patients with either malignant (No. 175) or infections (No. 22) chest coin lesions had lung aspirations using fine-needles, 18 to 22 gauge. All the patients previously had flexible fiberoptic bronchoscopy with negative results. A positive diagnosis of malignancy was established in 138 (70%), with identification of cell type in 51 (37%), and of infectious disease in 11 (50%). The procedure's sensitivity for malignant lesions was 79.3% and the specificity was 96.5%. Complications were minimal (hemoptysis and pneumothorax), although some patients had COPD and hypoxemia.
authors.affiliation: Divisione di Pneumologia, Ospedali Riuniti di Bergamo.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Michetti
authors.forename: M O
authors.initials: MO
authors.lastname: Belometti
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bamberga
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Villa
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001707:Biopsy, Needle / Q000009:adverse effects; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D003074:Solitary Pulmonary Nodule / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*
vernacular_title: Coin lesions: cinque anni di agoaspirazione percutanea.