Fine needle aspiration of the liver with ultrasound guidance.
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.
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