TY - JOUR
T1 - Mediastinal, hilar, and pleural image-guided biopsy
T2 - Current practice and techniques
AU - Ahrar, Kamran
AU - Wallace, Michael
AU - Javadi, Sanaz
AU - Gupta, Sanjay
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2008 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2008/8
Y1 - 2008/8
N2 - Cross-sectional imaging of the chest with computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging, and at times, ultrasonography exquisitely delineates mediastinal, hilar, and pleural pathologies. The treatment of patients with these pathologies is often based on the results of image-guided biopsies. CT and ultrasonography have been used successfully for targeting and sampling mediastinal, hilar, and pleural masses, with high sensitivity and near-perfect specificity. These procedures are performed by interventional radiologists in an outpatient setting with local anesthesia and conscious sedation. Major complications are rare, and the minor complications seen are easily managed. Minimally invasive, image-guided biopsy often obviates the need for more invasive procedures such as thoracoscopy or mediastinoscopy.
AB - Cross-sectional imaging of the chest with computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging, and at times, ultrasonography exquisitely delineates mediastinal, hilar, and pleural pathologies. The treatment of patients with these pathologies is often based on the results of image-guided biopsies. CT and ultrasonography have been used successfully for targeting and sampling mediastinal, hilar, and pleural masses, with high sensitivity and near-perfect specificity. These procedures are performed by interventional radiologists in an outpatient setting with local anesthesia and conscious sedation. Major complications are rare, and the minor complications seen are easily managed. Minimally invasive, image-guided biopsy often obviates the need for more invasive procedures such as thoracoscopy or mediastinoscopy.
KW - Biopsy
KW - Hilar
KW - Image-guidance
KW - Mediastinal
KW - Pleural
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U2 - 10.1055/s-2008-1081279
DO - 10.1055/s-2008-1081279
M3 - Review article
C2 - 18651354
AN - SCOPUS:48249121942
SN - 1069-3424
VL - 29
SP - 350
EP - 360
JO - Seminars in respiratory and critical care medicine
JF - Seminars in respiratory and critical care medicine
IS - 4
ER -