Percutaneous Core Needle Biopsy vs. Fine Needle Aspiration in Diagnosing Benign Lung Lesions

Abstract

Radiologically guided PCNB is a safe procedure, can provide sufficient histologic material for a specific diagnosis of peripheral lung disease and can avoid more-invasive surgical procedures in many cases. Our experience demonstrated that the histologic analysis provided by PCNB can greatly increase the diagnostic accuracy in benign pulmonary diseases as compared with the yield of FNA.