title: [CT-guided percutaneous fine-needle biopsy in the histological characterization of mediastinal-pulmonary lesions].
abstract: CT-guided percutaneous fine-needle biopsy (FNB) is the method of choice in the histological characterization of mediastinum and lung lesions in which a diagnosis could not be reached through noninvasive methods such as cytology of the sputum, or biopsy during bronchoscopy. FNB represents an alternative to diagnostic thoracotomy: it is, in fact, less invasive, it can be carried out with no need for hospitalization, and has a low incidence of complications. FNB diagnostic accuracy is very high, as our results prove: accuracy 89.6%, sensitivity 87.6% and specificity 98%. Our series includes 419 percutaneous fine-needle biopsies.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Fisiopatologia Clinica, Università Firenze.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Casamassima
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Di Lollo
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Arganini
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ruggiero
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cellerini
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Fargnoli
mesh_terms: D001707:Biopsy, Needle / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D003581:Cytodiagnosis / Q000379:methods; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D008477:Mediastinal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D008482:Mediastinum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D009339:Needles; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
vernacular_title: La biopsia percutanea con ago sottile TC-guidata nella tipizzazione istologica delle lesioni mediastino-polmonari.