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J Clin Pathol ; 67(5): 415-9, 2014 May.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24357440

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BACKGROUND: Most medical liver biopsies in the UK are now taken in radiology departments using 18 g biopsy needles. Subjectively, the resulting biopsies are narrow and fragile. AIM: To compare the quality of liver biopsy tissue sections obtained from 16 and 18 g biopsy needles. METHOD: Fifty consecutive routine medical liver biopsies obtained with 16 and 18 g needles, processed identically in the same laboratory, were measured using digital pathology software. We recorded their fragmentation, length, width, area and number of portal tracts. RESULTS: Biopsies obtained with 16 g needles more often resulted in an intact core in tissue sections than those with 18 g needles (71% vs 24%, p<0.001) and were significantly wider (average width of tissue 0.88 vs 0.53 mm, p<0.001). The average total area of tissue per pass was 11.38 mm(2) compared with 8.34 mm(2) (p<0.001). The number of complete portal tracts per length of biopsy was very variable, but double for 16 vs 18 g biopsies. Routinely taking two passes with the 18 g needle compensated for the reduced area, but the resulting liver in tissue sections was fragmented and distorted. CONCLUSIONS: Our results support the routine use of 16 g rather than 18 g biopsy needles for routine ultrasound-guided medical liver biopsies. A second pass should be considered if the first biopsy core is short, especially for investigation of disease stage.


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Biópsia com Agulha de Grande Calibre/instrumentação , Biópsia Guiada por Imagem/instrumentação , Hepatopatias/patologia , Fígado/patologia , Agulhas , Adulto , Idoso , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Biópsia com Agulha de Grande Calibre/métodos , Inglaterra , Desenho de Equipamento , Feminino , Humanos , Interpretação de Imagem Assistida por Computador , Biópsia Guiada por Imagem/métodos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Valor Preditivo dos Testes , Software , Ultrassonografia de Intervenção , Adulto Jovem
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