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American Journal of Roentgenology, Vol 161, 1053-1056, Copyright © 1993 by American Roentgen Ray Society

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Efficacy of sonographically guided biopsy of thyroid masses and cervical lymph nodes

GW Boland, MJ Lee, PR Mueller, W Mayo-Smith, SL Dawson and JF Simeone
Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston.

OBJECTIVE. We performed a prospective study in 96 patients to determine accuracy of sonographically guided fine-needle aspiration biopsy of thyroid masses and cervical lymph nodes. MATERIALS AND METHODS. Real- time sonography was used to guide biopsy of 112 cervical masses in 96 patients (71 patients with impalpable masses, 16 with failed unguided attempts, patient's or physician's preference in nine). The diameters of all masses were less than 3 cm, with a mean of 1.5 cm and a median of 1.5 cm. Twenty-nine masses measured 1 cm or less in diameter, 60 masses between 1.1 and 2.0 cm, and 23 masses between 2.1 and 3.0 cm. Cervical masses that were sampled by biopsy included 75 thyroid masses and 37 lymph nodes. RESULTS. Diagnostic specimens were obtained in 102 (91%) of 112 masses sampled. Sixty-eight (91%) of 75 biopsies of thyroid tissue and 34 (92%) of 37 biopsies of lymph nodes were diagnostic. Nondiagnostic thyroid biopsies included four of complex cysts and three of solid nodules. Sonographic follow-up (1 year) revealed no change or decrease in size of those seven lesions. Sixty of 68 diagnostic thyroid biopsies showed benign processes: 42 macrofollicular adenomas, six colloid adenomas, five microfollicular adenomas, four probable cases of thyroiditis, and three hemorrhagic cysts. The remaining eight diagnostic thyroid biopsies showed malignant processes: seven papillary carcinomas and one metastatic small-cell carcinoma. Of 34 diagnostic biopsies of lymph nodes, 26 showed malignant processes and eight showed benign processes. Surgery in the three patients with nondiagnostic biopsies of lymph nodes revealed two recurrent medullary cancers and one benign node. CONCLUSION. Sonographically guided fine-needle aspiration biopsy of neck masses has a high sensitivity (91%) and should be routinely used to evaluate indeterminate masses in the neck.
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