CT-Guided Core Needle Biopsy of Pulmonary Lesions Associated With Cystic Airspaces: A Case-Control Study
Maurizio Balbi, Serena Capelli, Anna Caroli, Noemi Cristina Culasso, Matteo Barba, Rouslan Senkeev, Federica Filipello, Francesca Di Napoli, Stefano Levra, Paolo Bironzo, Nicola Sverzellati, Silvia Novello, Luisella Righi, Andrea Veltri
Abstract
BACKGROUND. Concern may exist that pulmonary lesions associated with cystic airspaces are at risk of increased biopsy complications or lower biopsy accuracy given challenges in targeting tissue abutting or intermingled with the cystic airspaces.
Topics & Concepts
MedicineCore biopsyBiopsyRadiologyInternal medicineCancerBreast cancerMedical Imaging and Pathology StudiesLung Cancer Diagnosis and TreatmentPleural and Pulmonary Diseases