title: Percutaneous transfacial needle biopsy of a middle cranial fossa mass: case report and technical note.
abstract: A case of a patient with a middle fossa mass that was considered to be either a metastatic lesion or a benign intracranial neoplasm is presented. The definitive management of the patient depended on a tissue diagnosis. A biopsy was obtained using a transfacial needle aspiration technique through the foramen ovale. The details of this procedure are described.
authors.affiliation: Division of Neurosurgery, Toronto Western Hospital, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: M T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Stechison
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bernstein
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D001943:Breast Neoplasms; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000556:secondary; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012888:Skull Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000556:secondary