title: [Analysis of 117 cases of percutaneous fine-needle pneumocentesis with ultrasonic guiding].
abstract: In this paper, we report 117 cases of percutaneous fine-needle pneumocentesis with ultrasonic guiding in the pulmonary mass lesions. The cytologic results revealed that the positive rate of malignant tumours was 84.7% (83/98), the suspected positive rate was 5.1% (5/98), the sensitivity was 89.8%. The false negative rate was 9.2% (9/98). One case was false positive. The diagnostic specialty of benign tumour (19 cases) was 94.7%. The total correct diagnostic rate was 90.6%. After the pneumocentesis, the complication included 2 cases of pneumothorax. 5 cases of hemoptysis (4.3%). This paper discussed mainly the diagnostic value and the limitation of this method. We think that the pneumocentesis with ultrasonic guiding is simpler and has less complications than radiologic guiding.
authors.affiliation: Hospital of PLA.
authors.forename: F C
authors.initials: FC
authors.lastname: Luo
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000473:pathology; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001707:Biopsy, Needle / Q000379:methods*; D018288:Carcinoma, Small Cell / Q000473:pathology; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000473:pathology; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology*; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014463:Ultrasonography