title: Percutaneous biopsy of pancreatic lesions.
abstract: Percutaneous biopsy provides an effective means of tissue diagnosis in pancreatic lesions. Accuracy rates are ranging between 72 and 100%, with a sensitivity for carcinomas between 69 and 90% and a constantly high specificity of 100% in most series of the literature. The rate of major complications is low, with an incidence of about 0.05%.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Radiology, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Germany.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Neuerburg
authors.forename: R W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Günther
mesh_terms: D001707:Biopsy, Needle / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D010182:Pancreatic Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*