title: Ultrasound-guided diagnostic and therapeutic interventions in peripheral pulmonary masses.
abstract: The value of ultrasound guided transthoracic biopsy and abscess drainage was assessed in 155 patients with thoracic consolidations adjacent to the chest wall. Biopsies were performed with 18- or 19-gauge tissue core biopsy needles. Correct diagnosis was achieved in 91% (92% in neoplasmas, 87% in non-neoplastic consolidations). Ultrasound guided percutaneous lung abscess drainage was successful in 13 cases. Six patients developed complications: one small pneumothorax, two pneumothoraces requiring a chest tube, two mild and one moderate hemoptyses. Ultrasound guided transthoracic biopsy is an accurate, safe and well-tolerated procedure. It provides adequate specimens for routine histologic examination and also permits successful drainage of pulmonary abscesses.
authors.affiliation: Interne Abteilung, AO Krankenhaus Hohenems, Austria.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mathis
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Gehmacher
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001707:Biopsy, Needle / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014463:Ultrasonography / Q000379:methods*