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Reliability, diagnostic value, and diagnostic yield of ultrasound-guided percutaneous core needle biopsy for
Muhammet Arslan1, Halil Serdar Aslan1, Ayse Ruksan Utebey2
1Department of Radiology, Pamukkale University Faculty of Medicine, Denizli, Turkey.
Introduction:
Peritoneal lesions cannot be definitively distinguished based on clinical and imaging characteristics alone. This study aimed to evaluate the reliability, diagnostic value, and diagnostic yield of ultrasound-guided percutaneous core needle biopsy (PCNB) for peritoneal lesions.
Methods:
A retrospective analysis of 129 patients who underwent PCNB for peritoneal lesions was performed to assessed technical completion and diagnostic yield.
Results:
The results showed that ultrasound-guided PCNB is a safe and reliable diagnostic tool with high diagnostic yield for peritoneal lesions. Technical feasibility and diagnostic yield rates were 100% and 89.9%, respectively. The diagnostic yield was lower for patients with a known history of cancer and a short anteroposterior diameter of the target lesion.
Conclusions:
These findings suggest that ultrasound-guided PCNB could be considered as a first-line diagnostic tool for peritoneal lesions, as it offers a minimally invasive and accurate means of obtaining tissue samples for diagnosis.
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