CT-guided transthoracic core needle biopsies of focal pleural lesions smaller than 10 mm: a retrospective study.

Melita KukuljanEna MršićEduard Oštarijaš

Published in: Cancer imaging : the official publication of the International Cancer Imaging Society (2023)

CT-guided transthoracic core needle biopsy (TCNB) is an accurate diagnostic method for small suspected pleural lesions with a near-zero complication rate in the presence of loculated pleural effusion.

Keyphrases

ultrasound guided
image quality
fine needle aspiration
dual energy
computed tomography
contrast enhanced
positron emission tomography
pulmonary embolism
magnetic resonance imaging
high resolution
mass spectrometry