Introduction: Chest wall tumors can be either primary, metastatic or radiation induced. Moreover, it can be due to involvement by lung or breast cancer. Although clinical and radiological assessments are important in evaluation of patients with chest wall tumors; the histo-pathological diagnosis remains the most important factor in determining the appropriate management. One of the methods to g...

Transjugular liver biopsy was first reported in 1967. Since then, this technique has been broadly performed in many medical centers around the world. The number of its indications has increased, and by modifying the needles, the quality of the liver tissue sample has improved. The advantage of transjugular biopsy is that it can be performed in patients in whom the use of percutaneous biopsy is ...

There are many clinical situations in which physicians may be uncertain whether to refer a patient to a nephrologist for renal biopsy. Biopsy is often necessary in unexplained acute renal failure (ARF) and in nephrotic syndrome (Table 1). This article addresses the more difficult question of when renal biopsy may be indicated in suspected chronic renal disease. Renal biopsy should be performed ...

While ultrasonography is widely performed prior to biopsy, colour Doppler examination is often used only to discover post-biopsy complications. Aim of this paper was to evaluate the usefulness of colour Doppler examination in planning the optimal site of puncture for renal biopsy. Present analysis includes 561 consecutive percutaneous renal biopsies performed from the same operator. Until Augus...

BACKGROUND Transrectal ultrasound (TRUS) guided prostate needle biopsy is a commonly used diagnostic procedure. We determined associated risk factors for patients who suffered major complications and required hospitalization after TRUS-guided prostate biopsy. METHODS A total of 1,529 patients, 27 to 92 years old (mean 67.6 years) were included in this study conducted between January 2003 and ...

Background: Real time ultrasound guided percutaneous kidney biopsy has become the standard procedure to assess the pathology of native kidneys and renal transplants. No specific technique has shown to be totally free of post biopsy bleeding complications. Few Studies have looked at the rates of post biopsy bleeding complications comparing different needle size, post biopsy haematoma size, or cl...

OBJECTIVE Liver biopsy is still the gold standard for the determination of liver fibrosis and necroinflammatory activity. It is an invasive method and may lead to severe complications. The aim of this study was to determine the evaluation of percutaneous liver biopsy complications in patients with chronic viral hepatitis. MATERIALS AND METHODS 1165 patients, who were followed with the diagnos...

Summary. Through the skin fine-needle aspiration biopsy of parapancreatic fiber under ultrasound control with microbiological study biomaterial to verify purulent-septic complications pancreatonecrosis, 46 patients acute necrotizing pancreatitis were performed. Using developed method for diagnosing infected pancreatic necrosis, it was possible achieve timely detection infectious which would lea...