[Pancreatic needle biopsy guided by ultrasound or CT].
24 patients suspected to have a pancreatic expansive lesion underwent a biopsy with Chiba needle: 15 biopsies were guided by US and 9 by CT. Such series regards lesions having a diameter between 2.5 and 5.5 cm with average values of 4 cm. The results showed high specificity (100%) and satisfactory accuracy (66.6%); complications never set in. The authors prove the clinical utility of this procedure instead of the laparotomy and stress the importance of a strict collaboration between radiologist and cytologist in order to achieve the best results.
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D000328:Adult; D001707:Biopsy, Needle / Q000379:methods*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010179:Pancreas / Q000473:pathology*; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography
Agobiopsia pancreatica guidata (con US o TC).