
   @article{article_484229, title={The Importance of Computed Tomography Guided Transthorasic Aspiration Biopsy/Cell Block Method in Early Diagnosis and Treatment of Lung Lesions: Cytopathologic Analysis in 354 Cases}, journal={Sakarya Tıp Dergisi}, volume={9}, pages={513–521}, year={2019}, DOI={10.31832/smj.484229}, author={Tasdemir, Arzu and Fazlıoğlu, Mithat}, keywords={lung; computed tomography}, abstract={&amp;lt;p class="Textbody" style="line-height:200%;"&amp;gt; &amp;lt;b&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:200%;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"&amp;gt;Objective: &amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:200%;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"&amp;gt; The aim of this study was to
evaluated the effectiveness of  computed
tomography(CT) guided transthorasic fine needle aspiration biopsy in the
diagnosis of lung mass lesions. &amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;/p&amp;gt; &amp;lt;p&amp;gt; &amp;lt;/p&amp;gt; &amp;lt;p class="Textbody" style="line-height:200%;"&amp;gt; &amp;lt;b&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:200%;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"&amp;gt;Material and Method: &amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:200%;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"&amp;gt; In this study, we are presenting
354 CT guided TTFNAB materials. The 348 of aspirations were performed from lung
directly and 6 of them were performed from masses with mediastinal location.
After the lesion was localized by CT, aspiration biopsy was performed by
thoracic surgeon with 20-22 gauge Chiba needle by using 20 ml. &amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;/p&amp;gt; &amp;lt;p&amp;gt; &amp;lt;/p&amp;gt; &amp;lt;p class="Textbody" style="line-height:200%;"&amp;gt; &amp;lt;b&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:200%;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"&amp;gt;Results &amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:200%;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"&amp;gt;: Among the 220 patients who
underwent TTFNAB (354 aspiration biopsy), 163(46.04%)  were diagnosed as tumor, 74(20.90%)  as suspicious lesion, 71(20.05)  as benign lesion and 46(12.99%)  as aspirate nondiagnostic. 140(39.54%)
aspirata cell blocks were applied to 134 cases. Immunohistochemical and
histochemical studies were performed in these cases and type differentiation
could be made in tumor. &amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;/p&amp;gt; &amp;lt;p&amp;gt; &amp;lt;/p&amp;gt; &amp;lt;p class="Textbody" style="line-height:200%;"&amp;gt; &amp;lt;b&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:200%;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"&amp;gt;Conclusion: &amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:200%;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"&amp;gt; TTFNAB-CB in expert hands and
experienced pathologists is fairly accurate for lung masses  and can be regarded as an acceptable
procedure for early  diagnose  and treatment 
planning  purposes in most lung
lesions. &amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;/p&amp;gt; &amp;lt;p&amp;gt; &amp;lt;/p&amp;gt; &amp;lt;p class="Textbody" style="line-height:200%;"&amp;gt; &amp;lt;/p&amp;gt; &amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;}, number={3}, publisher={Sakarya Üniversitesi}