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CT-directed rib biopsy
D C Hardy1, W G Totty, K C Funk
1Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110.
Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography
|November 1, 1987
Abstract:
A retrospective review of 11 cases of CT guided rib biopsy is presented. No complications occurred. In 10 of 11 cases open biopsy was averted. In this group the biopsy result is consistent with the remainder of the patients' test results and subsequent clinical course. Our series includes one false-negative biopsy. The true positive and negative biopsy results led to alterations in clinical management in each case. We conclude that CT-directed rib biopsy is a safe and useful procedure in carefully selected patients.