ArticleBMC pulmonary medicine2022
Improving CT-guided transthoracic biopsy diagnostic yield of lung masses using intraprocedural CT and prior PET/CT fusion imaging.
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- Diagnostic yield and complication rates of percutaneous transthoracic CT-guided coaxial needle biopsy in persistent pulmonary consolidation.Japanese journal of radiology · 2024Article
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- PET/CT-aided biopsy of lung lesions enhances diagnostic efficacy, especially for lesions >3cm.Frontiers in oncology · 2024Article
- [Progress in Image-planned and Real-time Image-guided Lung Cancer Biopsy in the Detection of Biomarkers].Zhongguo fei ai za zhi = Chinese journal of lung cancer · 2023Review
- The Role of PET-CT-Guided Metabolic Biopsies in Improving Yield of Inconclusive Anatomical Biopsies: A Review of 5 Years in a Teaching Hospital.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Comparison between percutaneous transthoracic co-axial needle CT-guided biopsy and transbronchial lung biopsy for the diagnosis of persistent pulmonary consolidation.Insights into imaging · 2023Article
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Abstract
objectiveThe purpose of this study was to evaluate the usefulness of intraprocedural CT and prior PET/CT fusion imaging in improving the diagnostic yield of CT-guided transthoracic core-needle biopsy (CNB) in lung masses.
methodsIn total, 145 subjects with lung masses suspicious for malignancy underwent image-guided transthoracic CNB. According to imaging modality the subjects were divided into two groups. PET/CT images obtained no more than 14 days before the biopsy were integrated with intraprocedural CT images. The integrated or fused images were then used to plan the puncture sites. The clinical characteristics, diagnostic yield of CNB, diagnostic accuracy rate, procedure-related complications and procedure duration were recorded and compared between the two groups. Final clinical diagnosis was determined by surgical pathology or at least 6-months follow-up. The diagnostic accuracy of CNB was obtained by comparing with final clinical diagnosis.
results145 subjects underwent CNB with adequate samples, including 76 in fusion imaging group and 69 in routine group. The overall diagnostic yield and diagnostic accuracy rate were 80.3% (53/66), 82.9% (63/76) for fusion imaging group, 70.7% (41/58), 75.4% (52/69) for routine group, respectively. In addition, the diagnostic yield for malignancy in fusion imaging group (98.1%, 52/53) was higher than that in routine group (81.3%, 39/48). No serious procedure-related complications occurred in both two groups.
conclusionCNB with prior PET/CT fusion imaging is particularly helpful in improving diagnostic yield and accurate rate of biopsy in lung masses, especially in heterogeneous ones, thus providing greater potential benefit for patients.
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