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C-arm cone-beam CT-guided transthoracic lung core needle biopsy as a standard
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Jaconi M
; Pagni F
; Vacirca F
; Leni D
; Corso R
; Cortinovis D
; Bidoli P
; Bono F
; Cuttin MS
; Valente MG
; Pesci A
; Bedini VA
; Leone BE
Medicine (Baltimore)
2015[Mar]; 94
(12
): e698
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C-arm cone-beam computed tomography (CT)-guided transthoracic lung core needle
biopsy (CNB) is a safe and accurate procedure for the evaluation of patients with
pulmonary nodules. This article will focus on the clinical features related to
CNB in terms of diagnostic performance and complication rate. Moreover, the
concept of categorizing pathological diagnosis into 4 categories, which could be
used for clinical management, follow-up, and quality assurance is also
introduced. We retrospectively collected data regarding 375 C-arm cone-beam
CT-guided CNBs from January 2010 and June 2014. Clinical and radiological
variables were evaluated in terms of success or failure rate. Pathological
reports were inserted in 4 homogenous groups (nondiagnostic--L1, benign--L2,
malignant not otherwise specified--L3, and malignant with specific
histotype--L4), defining for each category a hierarchy of suggested actions. The
sensitivity, specificity, and positive and negative predictive value and accuracy
for patients subjected to CNBs were of 96.8%, 100%, 100%, 100%, and 97.2%,
respectively. Roughly 75% of our samples were diagnosed as malignant, with 60%
lung adenocarcinoma diagnoses. Molecular analyses were performed on 85 malignant
samples to verify applicability of targeted therapy. The rate of "nondiagnostic"
samples was 12%. C-arm cone-beam CT-guided transthoracic lung CNB can represent
the gold standard for the diagnostic evaluation of pulmonary nodules. A clinical
and pathological multidisciplinary evaluation of CNBs was needed in terms of
integration of radiological, histological, and oncological data. This approach
provided exceptional performances in terms of specificity, positive and negative
predictive values; sensitivity in our series was lower compared with other large
studies, probably due to the application of strong criteria of adequacy for CNBs
(L1 class rate). The satisfactory rate of collected material was evaluated not
only in terms of merely diagnostic performances but also for predictive results
by molecular analysis.