Ultrasonically guided staging splenic tissue core biopsy in patients with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
Ultrasonically guided tissue core biopsy of the spleen was undertaken in eight patients with previously untreated non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in the staging procedure. In all cases, the tissue core specimens that were biopsied were sufficient to diagnose the presence of involvement of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, and two of the eight were found to have histologic involvement. There was no complication in this series. It was concluded that this is a safe and reliable technique for the staging of malignant lymphoma.
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001706:Biopsy / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011786:Quality Control; D013154:Spleen / Q000473:pathology*; D014463:Ultrasonography / Q000379:methods