CT-guided fine-needle aspirations for diagnosis of benign and malignant disease

Journal Article · Tue Feb 01 04:00:00 EST 1983 · AJR, Am. J. Roentgenol.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2214/ajr.140.2.363· OSTI ID:5707156

Harter, L P; A, Moss A; Goldberg, H I; Gross, B H

In 133 consecutive patients, 149 diagnostic fine-needle aspirations were performed in order to diagnose a suspected neoplastic or infectious disease. Most of these procedures were performed on, but not limited to, the pancreas (37), liver (28), lung (28), other intraabdominal sites (25), and retroperitoneum (15). The overall accuracy for both suspected malignant and infectious diseases was 90%. An increase in sampling accuracy was demonstrated when there was immediate evaluation of the aspirated material by a cytopathologist using a ''fast'' stain technique.

• Research Organization: Univ. of California School of Medicine, San Francisco
• OSTI ID: 5707156
• Journal Information: AJR, Am. J. Roentgenol.; (United States), Journal Name: AJR, Am. J. Roentgenol.; (United States) Vol. 140:2; ISSN AAJRD
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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