[Analysis of 22 cases of CT-guided puncture biopsy for chest tumors].
OBJECTIVE
To evaluate the application of CT-guided puncture biopsy for diagnoses of tumorschest.


METHODS
Twenty-two patients with thoracic tumors that were not pathologically identified received CT-guided puncture biopsy for histological and cytological examination.


RESULTS
All biopsy procedures were successfully completed and 18 cases were identified as having malignant tumors by histological examinations, while 5 identified by cytological examinations, and definite pathological diagnoses were established in 19 cases. Pneumatothorax occurred in 2 cases and bloody sputum developed in 1 case.


CONCLUSIONS
CT-guided puncture biopsy may provide better biopsy samples and pathological supplemented by cytological examinations improve the accuracy of diagnoses.
Lu
Jian-Xiang
JX
CT Diagnostic Centre, Taiping People's Hospital, Dongguan 523900, China.
Chen
Long-Hua
LH
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000473:pathology; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001707:Biopsy, Needle / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013899:Thoracic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*