ArticleAJNR. American journal of neuroradiology2023
Ultrasound Fusion-Guided Core Needle Biopsy for Deep Head and Neck Space Lesions: Technical Feasibility, Histopathologic Yield, and Safety.
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- Real-time CT/MR fusion imaging-guided core needle biopsy: enhancing diagnostic precision in head and neck lesions.Insights into imaging · 2026Article
- CT-guided core needle biopsy in ultrasound-inaccessible suprahyoid deep neck spaces.European radiology · 2026Article
- Efficacy Evaluation of Ultrasound Fusion-Guided Core Needle Biopsy for Infratemporal Fossa Lesions.Head & neck · 2026Article
- Contrast-enhanced ultrasound for differentiating benign from malignant Breast Imaging Reporting and Data System 4a breast lesions: a prospective diagnostic accuracy study.Gland surgery · 2026Article
- Diagnostic Performance and Radio-Pathologic Correlation of Image-Guided Biopsy in Head and Neck Lesions: A Systematic Review : Short title: Diagnostic Performance and Radio-Pathologic Correlation of Image-Guided Biopsy in Head and Neck Lesions.Galen medical journal · 2026Review
- Microsurgery in primary tumours of the parapharyngeal space: observational retrospective analysis of a series of consecutive cases.Acta otorhinolaryngologica Italica : organo ufficiale della Societa italiana di otorinolaringologia e chirurgia cervico-facciale · 2025Observational
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Abstract
background and purposeUltrasound is generally considered to have a minor role in guiding biopsies for deep head and neck space lesions. However, the ultrasound fusion technique may have the potential to change this opinion. This study evaluated the feasibility, histopathologic yield, and safety of ultrasound fusion-guided core needle biopsies for deep head and neck space lesions. MATERIALS AND
methodsFrom March 2021 to April 2022, patients with primary deep head and neck space lesions were prospectively included in this study. Ultrasound fusion was performed with contemporaneous CT, MR imaging, or PET/CT studies, and ultrasound fusion-guided core needle biopsy was performed by using a Micro-Convex probe via 4 different needle approaches. Feasibility, histopathologic results, and biopsy-related complications were observed. Descriptive statistics were applied.
resultsUltrasound-guided biopsy was feasible in all 16 patients (11 women and 5 men; mean age 46 [SD, 16] years; range, 16-76 years). The lesions were located in the parapharyngeal space, infratemporal fossa, and skull base, with a median diameter of 3.8 cm (range, 2.2-6.5 cm). An adequate and definite histopathologic yield was obtained in 15/16 (93.8%) patients; among them, 4/15 lesions (26.7%) were malignant, and 11/15 (73.6%) were benign. No major complications occurred. Minor complications were noted in 2 of the 16 (12.5%) patients (self-limiting inflammation in 1 and bleeding in 1).
conclusionsThis study demonstrates that ultrasound fusion-guided biopsy of deep head and neck space lesions is feasible and safe, with a high histopathologic yield.
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