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Biopsy can be obtained with guidance from [[computed tomography]]. In a series of 750 patients, cancer was diagnosed in 75%.<ref name="pmid25539234">{{cite journal| author=Takeshita J, Masago K, Kato R, Hata A, Kaji R, Fujita S et al.| title=CT-guided fine-needle aspiration and core needle biopsies of pulmonary lesions: a single-center experience with 750 biopsies in Japan. | journal=AJR Am J Roentgenol | year= 2015 | volume= 204 | issue= 1 | pages= 29-34 | pmid=25539234 | doi=10.2214/AJR.14.13151 | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=25539234  }} </ref> Complications included:
Biopsy can be obtained with guidance from [[computed tomography]]. In a series of 750 patients, cancer was diagnosed in 75%.<ref name="pmid25539234">{{cite journal| author=Takeshita J, Masago K, Kato R, Hata A, Kaji R, Fujita S et al.| title=CT-guided fine-needle aspiration and core needle biopsies of pulmonary lesions: a single-center experience with 750 biopsies in Japan. | journal=AJR Am J Roentgenol | year= 2015 | volume= 204 | issue= 1 | pages= 29-34 | pmid=25539234 | doi=10.2214/AJR.14.13151 | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=25539234  }} </ref> Complications included:
* Pneumothorax 37% (especially if  distance from pleura to lesion ≥1.5 cm)
*Pneumothorax 37% (especially if  distance from pleura to lesion ≥1.5 cm)
** Requiring a chest tube 7%
*Requiring a chest tube 7%





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Biopsy can be obtained with guidance from computed tomography. In a series of 750 patients, cancer was diagnosed in 75%.[1] Complications included:

  • Pneumothorax 37% (especially if distance from pleura to lesion ≥1.5 cm)
  • Requiring a chest tube 7%


References

  1. Takeshita J, Masago K, Kato R, Hata A, Kaji R, Fujita S; et al. (2015). "CT-guided fine-needle aspiration and core needle biopsies of pulmonary lesions: a single-center experience with 750 biopsies in Japan". AJR Am J Roentgenol. 204 (1): 29–34. doi:10.2214/AJR.14.13151. PMID 25539234.


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