Volume 140, Issue 6, Pages 1669-1670 (December 2011) Diagnostic Performance of Percutaneous Core-Needle Lung Biopsy Under CT Scan Fluoroscopic Guidance for Pulmonary Lesions Measuring ≤10 mm Yoshikane Yamauchi, MD, Yotaro Izumi, MD, PhD, Seishi Nakatsuka, MD, PhD, Masanori Inoue, MD, Yuichiro Hayashi, MD, Mitsutomo Kohno, MD, PhD, Takashi Ohtsuka, MD, PhD, Masaki Anraku, MD, Taichiro Goto, MD, PhD, Hiroaki Nomori, MD, PhD CHEST Volume 140, Issue 6, Pages 1669-1670 (December 2011) DOI: 10.1378/chest.11-1821 Copyright © 2011 The American College of Chest Physicians Terms and Conditions
Figure 1 A, The representative target lesion, which was 8.3 mm in diameter. B-D, Three-slice simultaneous CT scan fluoroscopy images taken during the biopsy procedure. C, The image shows the needle overlapping the lesion. B and D, These images also depict the lesion. The needle penetrated the lesion and an appropriate sample could be obtained. This lesion was lung adenocarcinoma. CHEST 2011 140, 1669-1670DOI: (10.1378/chest.11-1821) Copyright © 2011 The American College of Chest Physicians Terms and Conditions