title: [CT-assisted transthoracic puncture of pulmonary lesions and mediastinal infiltrations. A retrospective study of 300 patients].
abstract: With this retrospective study we evaluated the results and the complications of our 343 CT-guided transthoracic biopsies, which we performed in 300 patients with localised and infiltrative lesions of the lung and the mediastinum during 4 years, using the VacuCut-needle in 96% of our cases. In 256 pts. bronchoscopy without final diagnosis was performed before transthoracic biopsy. In 219 pts. (73.0%) we had positive results. In 209 pts. with malignancies the positive rate was 73.7%. In patients with benign processes the positive rate was less (67.8%). Out of 32 pts, suffering from mediastinal lesions 29 had malignancies. In 79.3% positive results were obtained. The rate of complications was low (9%) in 311 biopsies of pulmonary lesions, most were pneumothoraces (7.7%). Haemorrhages occurred in 4 pts. (1.3%) 5 pts. (1.6%) required drainage because of pneumothorax. On the base of our good results and the low complication rate we recommend CT-guided transthoracic aspiration biopsy with the VacuCut-needle as a useful and accurate diagnostic technique.
authors: Klinik für Lungenkrankheiten und Tuberkulose, Zentralklinik Bad Berka.
authors: C P
authors: CP
authors: Schneider
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Pröschild
authors: I
authors: I
authors: Mäder
authors: D
authors: D
authors: Treutler
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Leonhardi
authors: B
authors: B
authors: Wiesner
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001707:Biopsy, Needle / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004869:Equipment Safety; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008477:Mediastinal Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D008482:Mediastinum / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000295:instrumentation*