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[Diagnostic possibilities of CT-guided lung biopsy]. 1995

N V Nudnov, and N V Kosheleva

The authors analyse the results of computer-aided tomographic biopsies in 81 patients with various pulmonary diseases (63 with tumors, 53 of these with malignant ones, and 18 with nontumors diseases). Positive results were obtained in 86.4% of cases. Biopsies proved to be informative in 44 out of 48 patients with lung cancer, in 8 out of 10 ones with benign tumors, and in 10 out of 12 ones with nonspecific inflammations. The results were not informative in 13.6% of patients. In 4 cases the failure was caused by the absence of cellular material in the puncture biopsy specimen, in 5 it was due to the presence of only pulmonary cells. In two more cases the diagnosis of lung cancer made by computer-aided biopsy was erroneous because of the presence of inflammation elements and amorphous mass in the examined. Complications occurred in 22 (27.2%) patients, pneumothorax in 16 (19.8%) and local pulmonary hemorrhages in 6 (7.4%) of these. Hence, computer-aided biopsy of the lung is an informative diagnostic method, permitting a correct diagnosis in the majority of cases.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008168	Lung	Either of the pair of organs occupying the cavity of the thorax that effect the aeration of the blood.	Lungs
D008171	Lung Diseases	Pathological processes involving any part of the LUNG.	Pulmonary Diseases,Disease, Pulmonary,Diseases, Pulmonary,Pulmonary Disease,Disease, Lung,Diseases, Lung,Lung Disease
D008175	Lung Neoplasms	Tumors or cancer of the LUNG.	Cancer of Lung,Lung Cancer,Pulmonary Cancer,Pulmonary Neoplasms,Cancer of the Lung,Neoplasms, Lung,Neoplasms, Pulmonary,Cancer, Lung,Cancer, Pulmonary,Cancers, Lung,Cancers, Pulmonary,Lung Cancers,Lung Neoplasm,Neoplasm, Lung,Neoplasm, Pulmonary,Pulmonary Cancers,Pulmonary Neoplasm
D008297	Male		Males
D008875	Middle Aged	An adult aged 45 - 64 years.	Middle Age
D003937	Diagnosis, Differential	Determination of which one of two or more diseases or conditions a patient is suffering from by systematically comparing and contrasting results of diagnostic measures.	Diagnoses, Differential,Differential Diagnoses,Differential Diagnosis
D005069	Evaluation Studies as Topic	Works about studies that determine the effectiveness or value of processes, personnel, and equipment, or the material on conducting such studies.	Critique,Evaluation Indexes,Evaluation Methodology,Evaluation Report,Evaluation Research,Methodology, Evaluation,Pre-Post Tests,Qualitative Evaluation,Quantitative Evaluation,Theoretical Effectiveness,Use-Effectiveness,Critiques,Effectiveness, Theoretical,Evaluation Methodologies,Evaluation Reports,Evaluation, Qualitative,Evaluation, Quantitative,Evaluations, Qualitative,Evaluations, Quantitative,Indexes, Evaluation,Methodologies, Evaluation,Pre Post Tests,Pre-Post Test,Qualitative Evaluations,Quantitative Evaluations,Report, Evaluation,Reports, Evaluation,Research, Evaluation,Test, Pre-Post,Tests, Pre-Post,Use Effectiveness
D005260	Female		Females
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000328	Adult	A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available.	Adults