JBR-BTR : organe de la Société royale belge de radiologie (SRBR) = orgaan van de Koninklijke Belgische Vereniging voor Radiologie (KBVR)
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The purpose of this retrospective study was to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of CT-fluoroscopic transthoracic biopsy of pulmonary lesions related to their localization and size. The complication rate was also evaluated. Between January 2003 and June 2004, we performed seventy-two CT-fluoroscopic transthoracic biopsies in sixty-nine patients. ⋯ Pneumothoraces were observed in only 7 patients (10%) and there was only 1 small postpuncture hemothorax (1.7%). CT-fluoroscopic biopsy of pulmonary lesions has a good diagnostic accuracy with a very low complication rate. The accuracy is higher for larger lesions, but there is no significant difference for subpleural and peripheral lesions.