[Percutaneous needle aspiration biopsy of mediastinal lesions].
Percutaneous needle aspiration biopsy of mediastinal lesions was done in 49 patients. A high diagnostic value was obtained from lung (80%) and thymoma (70%) in mediastinal metastasis. The diagnostic rate for mediastinal malignant lymphoma, benign mediastinal cysts, and teratoma was 66.7%, 50% and 50% respectively. Pathological diagnosis of neurogenic tumors showed a positive rate of 33.3%. The procedure therefore, should be used selectively.
General Hospital, People's Liberation Army, Beijing.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001707:Biopsy, Needle / Q000379:methods; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008476:Mediastinal Cyst / Q000473:pathology; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000556:secondary; D008482:Mediastinum / Q000473:pathology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D013724:Teratoma / Q000473:pathology; D013945:Thymoma / Q000473:pathology