Diagnostic outcome of two different CT-guided fine needle biopsy procedures.

Background: CT-guided fine needle bioptic procedures (CTFNP) are characterised by low invasiveness, precise sample collection, a high diagnostic efficiency and support a rapid diagnostic process. A number of different fine needles and bioptic procedures are mainly used for tumour diagnostics today.The aim of the present study was to characterise the most important technical issues of fine needle bioptic procedures.