Percutaneous biopsy of the liver.
Retrospective evaluation of 510 percutaneous CT-guided biopsies of the liver mainly fine-needle aspiration biopsies for cytology (89% of cases), yielded an overall accuracy rate of 92% and a sensitivity of 94%. The relatively high percentage of false-positive diagnoses (7% of all benign tumors) may be reduced by more consistent consideration of possible errors in cytology and a more consistent use of large bore biopsies.
Lüning
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Institute of Diagnostic Radiology, Medical School (Charitlé), Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany.
Schröder
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Wolff
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Kranz
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Hoppe
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D001707:Biopsy, Needle / Q000379:methods*; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D006801:Humans; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed