title: [Transthoracic aspiration. Evaluation of cytologic and histologic diagnosis in a pulmonary nodule by retrospective comparison of 2 series of 267 cytoaspirations and 292 coaxial needle aspirations].
abstract: Percutaneous fine-needle aspiration is a well established method for the diagnosis of peripheral lung lesion. In order to compare different methods of aspiration, we analyze retrospectively two different series: 267 fine needle aspirations (FNA) compared with the histological diagnosis on surgical specimens and 292 lung biopsies using a coaxial technique with comparison between cytological diagnosis--smears and imprints--and histological diagnosis simultaneously obtained on the same specimen. The sensitivity (91%), the specificity (90%) and the overall typing accuracy related to the histological types obtained by FNAB are equivalent to those of the literature. The low rate of pneumothorax in the series (6%) is related to the use of immediate interpretation of the specimen. Automated biopsy with a coaxial cutting needle provide cytological specimens--smears and imprint--with a high rate of sensibility (95.3%) and of sensibility (98%). The overall sensitivity of the cytological methods alone is better than biopsy (95.3% vs. 92.9%), but the typing accuracy is not as good as biopsy alone (98% vs. 100%). False-positive and false-negative diagnoses are the same in both series. In conclusion the percutaneous aspiration method choose to establish a morphological diagnosis in lung lesion depends now on the habits of the radiologist and the pathologist.
authors.affiliation: Service d'anatomie et cytologie pathologiques, Hôpital Haut Lévêque, Pessac.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Vergier
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Latrabe
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Belleannée
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Trouette
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: de Mascarel
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Laurent
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Godenèche
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Salle
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Guillaud
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Loire
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Thivolet-Béjui
mesh_terms: D001707:Biopsy, Needle / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D003581:Cytodiagnosis; D005188:False Negative Reactions; D005189:False Positive Reactions; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D009339:Needles; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013909:Thorax
vernacular_title: La ponction trans-thoracique. Evaluation du diagnostic cytologique et histologique d'un nodule pulmonaire par comparaison rétrospective de 2 séries de 267 cytoponctions et de 292 ponctions à l'aiguille coaxiale.