title: Liver biopsy guided by laparoscopic sonography. A case report demonstrating a new technique.
abstract: Laparoscopy sonography combined with a new puncture technique permits the performance of sonographically guided Menghini needle biopsy of focal lesions in the liver. The indications, procedure, and advantages of this biopsy method are demonstrated on the basis of a case report.
mesh_terms: D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005234:Fatty Liver / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000556:secondary; D008875:Middle Aged; D014463:Ultrasonography / Q000379:methods*