WHEN NOT TO BIOPSY A LUNG MASS

to biopsy a small renal mass, or not?

To Biopsy a Small Renal Mass, or Not?

Please cite this paper as: Chatzidarellis E, Skolarikos A, Papatsoris AG. To Biopsy a Small Renal Mass or Not? Nephro-Urol Mon. 2012;4(2): 423-4. DOI: 10.5812/numonthly.3991 Implication for health policy/practice/research/medical education: As abdominal imaging has increased the diagnosis of small renal masses (SRMs) the role of renal mass biopsy (RMB) is debatable. Current literature demonstra...

Lung abscess complicating transbronchial biopsy of a mass lesion.

We report a rare complication of transbronchial lung biopsy. A lung abscess developed after transbronchial biopsy of a peripheral mass lesion. Persistent fever, leukocytosis, and roentgenographic evidence of increase in size of the biopsied mass are useful clues for the diagnosis of pneumonia surrounding a tumor.

When to biopsy seminal vesicles.

OBJECTIVES The involvement of seminal vesicles in prostate cancer can affect the prognosis and determine the treatment. The objective of this study was to determine whether we could predict its infiltration at the time of the prostate biopsy to know when to indicate the biopsy of the seminal vesicles. MATERIAL AND METHODS observational retrospective study of 466 patients who underwent seminal...

new guidelines in management of thyroid nodule when to biopsy and when to follow

lack of unified system in characterizing and reporting thyroid nodules is deeply felt almost in every institution and is a source of confusion among diagnostic radiologists, pathologists, thyroid surgeons, oncologists, endocrinologists and interventionalists. elaborate systems exist but they are not easy to use. therefore many of those systems cannot be utilized widely in general radiology prac...