Ultrasound guided percutaneous fine needle aspiration biopsy of the liver with focal lesion
10.3348/jkrs.1985.21.6.864
- Author:
Gang Seok KO
;
Hyun Cheol YANG
;
Byoung Lan PARK
;
Byoung Geun KIM
;
Jang Sihn SOHN
- Publication Type:Original Article
- MeSH:
Aspirations (Psychology);
Biopsy;
Biopsy, Fine-Needle;
Communicable Diseases;
Diagnosis;
Humans;
Laparotomy;
Liver Diseases;
Liver;
Methods;
Needles;
Ultrasonography
- From:Journal of the Korean Radiological Society
1985;21(6):864-868
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
The ultrasound-guided fine needle aspirations were performed in order to diagnose a suspected neoplastic orinfectious diseases in 52 patients with focal liver disease. Of these, neoplastic lesions were suspected in 31patients and infectious lesions in 21 patients ultrasonically and/or clinically. The overall accuracy for bothsuspected malignant and infectious disease was 79%(41/52). The primary indication for fine needle aspiration wasto document the presense of malignancy and to avoid a diagnostic laparotomy, and to drain hepatic abscesses.Consequently we were convinced that the ultasound
