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Introduction: CT guided lung FNAC/Biopsy is beingincreasingly used for the tissue diagnosis of lung lesions. CTis the safest and most accurate method of biopsying centrallesions and lesions adjacent to or involving the hila andmediastinal structures. This study was aimed at evaluatingthe frequency of complications following CT – guided lungBiopsy/FNACMaterial and methods: This was a retrospective study. 53CT guided procedures performed during the year 2016 wereincluded in the study. All the patients had a CT examination ofthe chest (plain and contrast) done before the guided procedurewhich was used as a road map. CT examination was doneon a Siemens somatom 148 slice scanner. In some patientstable dose oral contrast was also given done to delineate theoesophagus.Results: The incidence of pneumothorax was 1.06% i.e. only1 patient out of 53 had minimal pneumothorax which wastreated conservatively.Conclusion: CT guided lung FNAC/Biopsy is a safeprocedure if done in expert hands with a multi-disciplinaryteam approach. Complications can be minimised by carefulselection of the patient... considering the site and size oflesion; associated lung conditions etc
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Meningioma is the most common intracranial benign neoplasm. The malignant transformation of this neoplasm is less frequent. Here, we report the case of a 77-year-old male patient who came to our department with a visible mass in the scalp for 1½ years. The mass was gradually increasing in size, soft in nature, not painful, and associated with the left-sided weakness. His multidetector computed tomography showed lesion which is having an intracranial component with the destruction of a vault with extracranial extension. This imaging modality gives a clear-cut picture of the extent of the lesion, nearby structures, and vascularity to give the surgeon proper guidance in two, three, and four dimensions