J Korean Radiol Soc.  1981 Sep;17(2):240-245. 10.3348/jkrs.1981.17.2.240.

CT-guided bone biopsy

• Choi WS
• Lee SW
• Kim SY

• KMID: 2463399
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3348/jkrs.1981.17.2.240

Abstract

The utilization of CT-guided fine needle aspiration biopsy of bone has been the subject of considerable interest, since the introduction of the CT scanning. The CT-guided needle biopsy of 11 consecutive patients with avariety of "Etiology Unknown Spinal Disorders" resulted in a 100% yield of positive tissue diagnosis without significant complicaitons. The main advantage of CT guidance is the continuous direct observation of the needletip position in relation to the target volume, the more precise sampling from smaller and deeper lesion is another advantage. We are confident that localization of pathology by CT is the most accurate method for perform ingbiopses, and thus replaces the conventional ways of approaches and this could be utilized on the other organbiopsy in the future.

MeSH Terms

Biopsy*
Biopsy, Fine-Needle
Biopsy, Needle
Diagnosis
Humans
Methods
Pathology
Tomography, X-Ray Computed