title: [Ultrasound and cytology: ultrasound-controlled fine needle puncture].
abstract: Ultrasound guided fine needle aspiration biopsy has shown to be a safe and cost-effective method for diagnostic assessment in complex and nonpalpable lesions. Experience in aspiration technique, smearing and fixation of the sampled probe are prerequisites for a good diagnostic yield.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung Zytodiagnostik des Institutes für Pathologie des Kantonsspitals St. Gallen (KSSG).
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Tosoni
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Spieler
mesh_terms: D001707:Biopsy, Needle / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006801:Humans; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014463:Ultrasonography / Q000295:instrumentation*