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Ann Thorac Surg 1980;30:24-29
© 1980 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Intraoperative Fine Needle Aspiration Biopsy of Thoracic Lesions

Walter J. McCarthy, M.D., Miriam L. Christ, M.D., Willard A. Fry, M.D.*

From the Departments of Surgery and Pathology, Evanston Hospital and Northwestern University Medical School, Evanston, IL

* Address reprint requests to Dr. Fry, 2500 Ridge Ave, Evanston, IL 60201

Forty-one intraoperative fine needle aspiration biopsies were performed on 35 patients during exploratory thoracotomy (33 patients) or mediastinoscopy (2 patients). Each biopsy was done with a 22 gauge needle. Smears were prepared at the operating table, air-dried, sent directly to the laboratory, stained, and interpreted immediately by the pathologist. Preparation and reporting time averaged ten minutes. Surgical decisions were made on the basis of the pathologist's reports.

Intraoperative fine needle aspiration biopsy was 100% accurate in differentiating inflammatory from neoplastic lesions. Ninety-five percent diagnostic accuracy for malignancy (39 out of 41 specimens) was obtained. It permitted quick biopsy of lesions deep within the lung parenchyma without the need to cut across uninvolved tissue, thus permitting appropriate resection in each patient. There were no deaths related to the procedure.




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