CT-guided percutaneous skull biopsy using a drill-assisted system: Technical report of two cases.
The OnControl coaxial biopsy system (Vidacare Corporation, Shavano Park, TX) includes an inner diamond-tipped access needle and hollow biopsy needle that engage with a battery-powered hand drill. Herein, we report the use of this novel device to perform two CT-guided percutaneous skull biopsies. Both procedures were performed without complication and facilitated a pathologic diagnosis.
Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO, USA wallacea@mir.wustl.edu.
Adam N
AN
Wallace
Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO, USA.
Anderanik
A
Tomasian
Department of Pathology and Immunology, Division of Anatomic Pathology, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO, USA.
Andy C
AC
Hsi
Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO, USA.
Randy O
RO
Chang
Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO, USA.
Jack W
JW
Jennings
D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D004867:Equipment Design; D005260:Female; D005357:Fibrous Dysplasia of Bone / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D061705:Image-Guided Biopsy / Q000295:instrumentation*; D016393:Lymphoma, B-Cell / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
CT-guided biopsy; OnControl; Percutaneous biopsy; drill-assisted system; skull biopsy