title: Fine needle aspiration of the liver with ultrasound guidance.
abstract: Ultrasonically guided fine needle aspiration was carried out in 23 hepatic tumors. Malignant neoplasm was found in 14 of 15 cases and a benign process was diagnosed in 3. No false-positive diagnosis of neoplasm was made. A single complication of clinically insignificant pneumothorax was encountered.
mesh_terms: D001707:Biopsy, Needle / Q000379:methods*; D003581:Cytodiagnosis / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology*; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D014463:Ultrasonography