title: [CT-guided fine needle aspiration biopsy of abdominal masses].
abstract: Fine needle aspiration biopsy were made under CT guidance of 50 cases of intra-abdominal masses, including liver in 37 cases, kidney in 6, pancreas and spleen in 1 respectively, and 5 biopsies were made of tumors of the abdominal cavity. The overall diagnostic accuracy was 92%, and the accuracy for malignancies was 84.6%. No complications occurred related to the procedure. The relevant factors for precise biopsy safety and the therapeutic value of this technique were discussed. It was concluded that CT-guided fine needle aspiration biopsy is precise in localization, it is a safe approach yielding satisfactory diagnostic accuracy.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D000038:Abscess / Q000473:pathology; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001707:Biopsy, Needle / Q000379:methods*; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000473:pathology*; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology*; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed