Fine needle aspiration biopsy of lung lesions

Fine needle aspiration of the lung is an excellent method in the diagnosis of lung cancers, mediastinal tumors and other specific inflammatory lung lesions. The correct diagnosis of lung cancer by FNA in this study was a reported sensitivity of 97.8 per cent and specificity of 100 per cent. There was no false positive in this study, and only 1/60 patient had pneumothorax, which was cured after insertion of chest drain.