title: Colour doppler sonography guided percutaneous fine-needle biopsy of the liver.
abstract: Between 1992 and 1997, every year, approximately 30,000 examinations of the liver and bile ducts were done. Addition of colour Doppler imaging improves safety of procedures and allowed to perform ultrasound guided biopsy in 73 patients. On the basis of our experience we state that colour Doppler sonography guided percutaneous fine needle biopsy of the liver is useful, sufficient and safety diagnostic method of abscesses, cysts and malignant tumours of the liver.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Medical Academy of Białystok, Poland.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Polaków
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Ladny
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dziecioł
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Puchalski
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Walecki
mesh_terms: D001652:Bile Ducts / Q000473:pathology; D001707:Biopsy, Needle / Q000379:methods*; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000473:pathology; D003560:Cysts / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology*; D008100:Liver Abscess / Q000473:pathology; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000473:pathology; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012449:Safety; D018615:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional