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Pneumothorax after transthoracic needle biopsy of lung lesions under CT guidance.

J Thorac Dis

March 2014

1 Institute for pulmonary diseases of Vojvodina, Center for Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Novi Sad, Sremska Kamenica,Vojvodina, Serbia; 2 Pulmonary Department, "G. Papanikolaou" General Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece ; 3 Radiology Department, "Thiagenio" Cancer Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece ; 4 Surgery Deparment (NHS), University General Hospital of Alexandroupolis, Alexandroupolis, Greece ; 5 Obstetric-Gynecology Department, "Thriassio" General Hospital of Athens, Athens, Greece ; 6 Cardiothoracic Surgery Department, 7 Oncology Department, "Saint Luke" Private Hospital, Thessaloniki, Panorama, Greece ; 8 Internal Medicine Department, "Thiagenio" Cancer Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.

Transthoracic needle biopsy (TTNB) is done with imaging guidance and most frequently by a radiologist, for the aim is to diagnose a defined mass. It is integral in the diagnosis and treatment of many thoracic diseases, and is an important alternative to more invasive surgical procedures. FNAC is a method of aspiration cytopathology, which with transthoracic biopsy ("core biopsy") is a group of percutaneous minimally invasive diagnostic procedures for exploration of lung lesions.

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