Keywords:
Education and training, Biopsy, Ultrasound, Interventional non-vascular, Lymph nodes, Head and neck
Authors:
E. A. Moraru1, A. ANTÓN JIMÉNEZ1, J. M. Escudero Fernandez1, C. Montealegre Angarita1, R. Mast Vilaseca1, J. Halaburda Berni1, M. Gonzalo Carballés1, N. Roson2, X. Serres1; 1Barcelona/ES, 2Granollers/ES
DOI:
10.26044/ecr2019/C-2152
Methods and materials
A retrospective study of Fine Needle Aspiration Biopsy (FNAB) technique was performed in 49 patients of our center (Hospital Vall d'Hebron of Barcelona),
obtaining a total of 52 samples over a two-year period (February 2016 to February 2018).
In 3 of the patients the technique was performed in 2 different locations.
Two ultrasound Systems were used: Siemens Acuson S2000 and Esaote MyLab Twice and 20G Hepashot needles (Fig. 7)
The different reasons for performing FNAB in these patients were:
● Small injuries
● Injuries in hard-to-reach locations
● Injuries near vital structures.
● Prior realization of non-diagnostic FNAB
A frequency analysis carried out using the following variables:
● Baseline characteristics of the patient (sex and age).
● Anatomical location of the lesion.
● Size of the lesion (measured in millimeters).
● Diagnostic suspicion (in the case of primary lesions) or nature of the primary lesions (in the case of suspected implantation or dissemination).
● Etiological diagnosis of the lesions.
● Diagnostic efficacy of the technique by analyzing the results of pathological anatomy (sample sufficient for diagnosis or not).
● Immediate or late complications secondary to the performance of the technique.