Percutaneous intralesional brushing of cystic lesions of bone: a technical improvement of diagnostic cytology

• Published in: Skeletal radiology Vol. 19; no. 3; pp. 187 - 190
• Main Authors: IACCARINO, V, SADILE, F, VETRANI, A, FULCINITI, F, TRONCONE, G, RICCIO, R, MISASI, N
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin Springer 01-01-1990
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Biological and medical sciences; Biopsy, Needle; Bone Cysts - diagnosis; Bone Cysts - diagnostic imaging; Bone Cysts - pathology; Bone Neoplasms - diagnosis; Bone Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging; Bone Neoplasms - pathology; Child; Cytodiagnosis - instrumentation; Cytodiagnosis - methods; Diseases of the osteoarticular system; Female; Giant Cell Tumors - diagnosis; Giant Cell Tumors - diagnostic imaging; Giant Cell Tumors - pathology; Humans; Male; Medical sciences; Radiography; Specimen Handling - instrumentation; Specimen Handling - methods; Human; Biopsy; Diseases of the osteoarticular system; Cytology; Cyst; Medical imagery; Tumor; Diagnosis; Lesion; Osteolysis
• ISSN: 0364-2348; 1432-2161
• DOI: 10.1007/BF00204093

A modified bronchial brush is presented as a new cytologic method to improve the value of fine-needle aspiration biopsy in the diagnosis of cystic lesions of bone. Four female and six male patients ranging in age from 10 to 44 years were studied. In all cases intralesional brushing was percutaneously performed under fluoroscopic control with local anesthesia. Fine-needle aspiration biopsy preceded intralesional brushing and was performed as described elsewhere. The brush was driven into the walls and septa of an osteolytic lesion through a 14-G needle; material obtained was fixed and processed for cytological and/or histological examinations.