[Image-guided diagnostic percutaneous puncture biopsy].

Percutaneous aspiration and biopsy have an increasing diagnostic role. Ultrasound and CT are the imaging methods most frequently used for guiding, but fluoroscopy and MRI are also considered. The paper reviews the indications, contraindications, method of ultrasound-guided and CT-guided punctures, and the results of needle aspiration and biopsy for cerebral, head and neck, thoracic, abdominal and musculoskeletal lesions.