The diagnosis value of CT guided puncture biopsy in mediastinal lesions / 介入放射学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To evaluate the diagnostic value of computed tomographic(CT) guided percutaneous fine-needle aspiration biopsy(FANB) in mediastinal lesions.Methods The authors retrospectively reviewed the records of 104 patients of the mediastinal lesions who underwent CT guided percutaneous fine-needle aspiration biopsy.The sites of CT guided biopsy in 104 patients included anterior mediastinum(n = 73) ,middle mediastinum(n = 29) and posterior mediastinum(n = 2) .The mediastinal lesions with variation in size from 2.31 cm ? 1.11 cm ～ 14.5 cm ? 10.3 cm(