title: CT-guided biopsy for the detection and staging of tumors of the head and neck.
abstract: Twenty patients underwent computed tomography (CT)-guided thin-needle biopsy of tumors of the had and neck without complication. This technique was found to have wide application in confirming the presence and extent of primary disease as well as documenting nodal and bony metastases not apparent clinically.
mesh_terms: D001707:Biopsy, Needle / Q000379:methods*; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed