Giridhar M Shivaram1, Anne Elizabeth Gill2, Eric J Monroe3, Kevin S H Koo3, C Matthew Hawkins2. 1. Department of Radiology, Section of Interventional Radiology, Seattle Children's Hospital, University of Washington School of Medicine, 4800 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle, WA, 98145, USA. giridhar.shivaram@seattlechildrens.org. 2. Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Division of Interventional Radiology and Image-guided Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA. 3. Department of Radiology, Section of Interventional Radiology, Seattle Children's Hospital, University of Washington School of Medicine, 4800 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle, WA, 98145, USA.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Cone-beam CT is increasingly used in pediatric interventional radiology procedures. However, the feasibility or safety of using this mode of imaging guidance for percutaneous lung nodule biopsy in children has not been assessed. OBJECTIVE: To retrospectively evaluate safety and diagnostic accuracy of percutaneous lung nodule biopsy in people treated at a pediatric hospital using cone-beam CT with navigational overlay. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Thirty-six consecutive patients from two large tertiary-care children's hospitals with lung nodules of 48 mm or smaller underwent percutaneous lung nodule biopsy using cone-beam CT with navigational overlay. We evaluated patient demographics, pre- and post-biopsy diagnoses, number of biopsy passes, complications, radiation exposure and technical success. RESULTS: Percutaneous lung nodule biopsy was performed for 37 nodules in 36 patients (23 males, 13 females, median age 15.5 years, range 8 months to 23 years). One patient underwent biopsy of two nodules at a single procedure. Median patient weight was 55 kg (range 8-97 kg). Pre-biopsy diagnoses included metastatic sarcoma or other solid tumor (n=11), leukemia/lymphoma (n=13), infection (n=10), chronic granulomatous disease (n=2) and post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder (PTLD; n=1). Mean number of passes was 5 (range 2-15). Mean pre-procedure international normalized ratio (INR) was 1.1 and platelet count 193 × 109/L. Diagnostic specimens were obtained in 32 of 36 patients (89%). Thirteen complications were encountered in 12 patients (33% of cohort), including 9 pneumothoraces (4 requiring chest tubes); 1 hemothorax, which required a chest tube; and 3 self-limited pulmonary hemorrhages. Mean and median radiation doses were as follows: fluoroscopy time 3 min and 2.4 min, dose-area product (DAP) (recorded in 31 patients) 23,402 Gy·cm2 and 12,453 Gy·cm2, and air kerma 88 mGy and 58 mGy. CONCLUSION: Percutaneous lung nodule needle biopsy can be performed accurately using cone-beam CT with navigational overlay.
BACKGROUND: Cone-beam CT is increasingly used in pediatric interventional radiology procedures. However, the feasibility or safety of using this mode of imaging guidance for percutaneous lung nodule biopsy in children has not been assessed. OBJECTIVE: To retrospectively evaluate safety and diagnostic accuracy of percutaneous lung nodule biopsy in people treated at a pediatric hospital using cone-beam CT with navigational overlay. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Thirty-six consecutive patients from two large tertiary-care children's hospitals with lung nodules of 48 mm or smaller underwent percutaneous lung nodule biopsy using cone-beam CT with navigational overlay. We evaluated patient demographics, pre- and post-biopsy diagnoses, number of biopsy passes, complications, radiation exposure and technical success. RESULTS: Percutaneous lung nodule biopsy was performed for 37 nodules in 36 patients (23 males, 13 females, median age 15.5 years, range 8 months to 23 years). One patient underwent biopsy of two nodules at a single procedure. Median patient weight was 55 kg (range 8-97 kg). Pre-biopsy diagnoses included metastatic sarcoma or other solid tumor (n=11), leukemia/lymphoma (n=13), infection (n=10), chronic granulomatous disease (n=2) and post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder (PTLD; n=1). Mean number of passes was 5 (range 2-15). Mean pre-procedure international normalized ratio (INR) was 1.1 and platelet count 193 × 109/L. Diagnostic specimens were obtained in 32 of 36 patients (89%). Thirteen complications were encountered in 12 patients (33% of cohort), including 9 pneumothoraces (4 requiring chest tubes); 1 hemothorax, which required a chest tube; and 3 self-limited pulmonary hemorrhages. Mean and median radiation doses were as follows: fluoroscopy time 3 min and 2.4 min, dose-area product (DAP) (recorded in 31 patients) 23,402 Gy·cm2 and 12,453 Gy·cm2, and air kerma 88 mGy and 58 mGy. CONCLUSION: Percutaneous lung nodule needle biopsy can be performed accurately using cone-beam CT with navigational overlay.
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