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Percutaneous biopsy of the liver
M Lüning1, K Schröder, H Wolff
1Institute of Diagnostic Radiology, Medical School (Charitlé), Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany.
Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology
|January 1, 1991
Abstract:
Retrospective evaluation of 510 percutaneous CT-guided biopsies of the liver mainly fine-needle aspiration biopsies for cytology (89% of cases), yielded an overall accuracy rate of 92% and a sensitivity of 94%. The relatively high percentage of false-positive diagnoses (7% of all benign tumors) may be reduced by more consistent consideration of possible errors in cytology and a more consistent use of large bore biopsies.