Fine-needle aspiration biopsy with CT guidance

With computed tomographic guidance, 34 percutaneous fine-needle aspiration biopsies were obtained from various sites in 31 consecutive patients. Biopsy sites included the lung, liver, spleen, pancreas, adrenal glands, kidney, retroperitoneum, pelvis and bony structures. The overall diagnostic accuracy rate was 95 percent. The only complication was a moderate pneumothorax in one patient.