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  • Title: Percutaneous computed tomography-guided coaxial core biopsy for small pulmonary lesions with ground-glass attenuation.
    Author: Lu CH, Hsiao CH, Chang YC, Lee JM, Shih JY, Wu LA, Yu CJ, Liu HM, Shih TT, Yang PC.
    Journal: J Thorac Oncol; 2012 Jan; 7(1):143-50. PubMed ID: 22124475.
    Abstract:
    INTRODUCTION: The aim of this study was to investigate the diagnostic value of percutaneous computed tomography (CT)-guided coaxial transthoracic needle biopsy (TNB) for small pulmonary lesions (≤ 3 cm) with persistent ground-glass opacity (GGO). METHODS: From January 2004 to February 2010, consecutive patients with persistent small GGO lesions (≤ 3 cm) who underwent CT-guided TNB were analyzed. The pathologic results of CT-guided TNB were compared with final diagnoses, and the GGO percentage on CT was correlated with the stromal invasion in surgical pathology. RESULTS: We performed CT-guided TNB on 1612 patients during the study period. Among them, 55 patients had persistent small GGO lesions (size range 0.5-3.0 cm; 1.72 ± 0.73 cm), 47 were diagnosed with lung adenocarcinomas, and 8 with benign nonspecific lesions. Minor procedure-related complications occurred in 26 patients (47.3%) with small pneumothorax and 11 patients (20.0%) with self-limited mild hemoptysis. The final diagnoses of the 43 patients receiving lobectomy were invasive adenocarcinoma (n = 23), pure bronchioloalveolar carcinoma (n = 19), and mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma (n = 1). The diagnostic accuracy was 93.0% (40/43) using CT-guided TNB. Pure GGO lesions had a higher incidence of pure bronchioloalveolar carcinoma than GGO-dominant lesions (70.0% versus 21.7%; p = 0.004). Compared with surgical pathology, stromal invasion was underestimated in 43.5% (10/23) of the TNB specimens, especially in pure GGO lesions (83%, 5/6). In logistic regression analysis, the GGO percentage correlated inversely with stromal tumor invasion (p = 0.0028). CONCLUSIONS: CT-guided coaxial TNB is a safe and useful method for diagnosing small (≤ 3 cm) persistent GGO lesions. Stromal invasion may be underestimated by TNB in GGO lesions.
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