CT-guided percutaneous transpedicular biopsy of the spine

D L Renfrew; C G Whitten; J A Wiese; G Y el-Khoury; K G Harris

doi:10.1148/radiology.180.2.2068332

CT-guided percutaneous transpedicular biopsy of the spine

Radiology. 1991 Aug;180(2):574-6. doi: 10.1148/radiology.180.2.2068332.

Authors

D L Renfrew¹, C G Whitten, J A Wiese, G Y el-Khoury, K G Harris

Affiliation

¹ Department of Radiology, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City 52242.

PMID: 2068332
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.180.2.2068332

Abstract

Occasionally, vertebral body lesions are encountered that are ill suited to the standard posterolateral approach to biopsy. The authors used a transpedicular approach to spine biopsy in six such cases. The authors suggest that this approach be used when the location of the lesion does not allow easy access by means of the posterolateral approach.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Biopsy, Needle* / instrumentation
Female
Humans
Intervertebral Disc / pathology
Lumbar Vertebrae / diagnostic imaging
Lumbar Vertebrae / pathology*
Male
Middle Aged
Multiple Myeloma / pathology
Sclerosis / pathology
Spinal Diseases / diagnostic imaging
Spinal Diseases / pathology
Spinal Neoplasms / pathology
Thoracic Vertebrae / diagnostic imaging
Thoracic Vertebrae / pathology*
Tomography, X-Ray Computed*