Study of the Efficacy of PET/CT in Lung Aspiration Biopsy and Factors Associated with False-Negative Results
Purpose: We compared the outcomes of percutaneous transthoracic needle aspiration biopsy (PCNA) of lung masses in cases with and without prior positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) information, and investigated the here factors associated with false-negative pathological results.Materials and Methods: From a total of 291 patient