title: [Image-guided diagnostic percutaneous puncture biopsy].
abstract: Percutaneous aspiration and biopsy have an increasing diagnostic role. Ultrasound and CT are the imaging methods most frequently used for guiding, but fluoroscopy and MRI are also considered. The paper reviews the indications, contraindications, method of ultrasound-guided and CT-guided punctures, and the results of needle aspiration and biopsy for cerebral, head and neck, thoracic, abdominal and musculoskeletal lesions.
authors.affiliation: Disciplina de Radiologie, Facultatea de Medicină, Universitatea de Medicină si Farmacie "Gr.T. Popa", Iaşi.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Negru
authors.forename: Corina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ursulescu
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Fotea
mesh_terms: D001707:Biopsy, Needle / Q000379:methods*; D005471:Fluoroscopy; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography / Q000379:methods