Painful Percutaneous Transthoracic Needle Biopsy of Schwannoma: A Case Report.
10.3348/jkrs.1995.33.4.565
- Author:
Kyung Ah CHUN
;
Seog Hee PARK
;
Kyung Sub SHINN
;
Sung Hoon KIM
;
Young Joo KIM
;
Eun Jung LEE
- Publication Type:Case Report
- MeSH:
Biopsy;
Biopsy, Needle*;
Humans;
Korea;
Needles*;
Neurilemmoma*
- From:Journal of the Korean Radiological Society
1995;33(4):565-568
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Percutaneous aspiration needle biopsy of the intrathoracic disease is a safe, easy, and accurate diagnostic method. It usually causes mild pain or discomfort during the procedure. We had a patient who complained of severe sharp pain, well localized at the biopsy site of the target mass during CT-guided transthoracic aspiration biopsy. It was pathologically confirmed as an intrathoracic schwannoma after special staining. To our knowledge, there has been no published report of such a painful percutaneous needle biopsy in a patient with schwannoma in Korea. Two cases were reported in other radiologic journals. The severe sharp pain developed during the transthoracic aspiration needle biopsy is a reliable sign of neurogenic tumor, therefore the participating radiologist should recommend specific immumochemical stain for neurogenic tumor to pathologist.
