title: Percutaneous biopsies of the thoracic spine under CT guidance: transcostovertebral approach.
abstract: Twenty-seven percutaneous trephine biopsies of thoracic vertebral bodies were performed under CT guidance using a new intertransversocostal approach avoiding the pleura and nerve roots. Accurate diagnosis was obtained in 25 of 27 cases. No complications were encountered.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuroradiology, Henri Mondor Hospital, Creteil, France.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Brugieres
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gaston
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Heran
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Voisin
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Marsault
mesh_terms: D001707:Biopsy, Needle / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D009339:Needles; D012272:Ribs; D013122:Spinal Diseases / Q000473:pathology; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D013166:Spondylitis / Q000473:pathology; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods