CT-Guided Percutaneous Fine-Needle Aspiration Biopsy of Posterior Skull Base Lesions.
Publication/Presentation Date
1-1-1999
Abstract
We describe a retroauricular approach, adjacent to the mastoid tip, in two patients that allowed successful biopsy of posterior skull base lesions. Diagnoses were central giant cell granuloma, an unusual tumor rarely reported in the skull base, and meningioma. In both patients, the needle biopsy accurately identified the pathology found at surgery. The described approach may allow biopsy of posterior lesions that are inaccessible with other methods.
Volume
9
Issue
2
First Page
161
Last Page
165
ISSN
1052-1453
Published In/Presented At
Caldemeyer, K. S., & Pritz, M. B. (1999). CT-Guided Percutaneous Fine-Needle Aspiration Biopsy of Posterior Skull Base Lesions. Skull base surgery, 9(2), 161–165. https://doi.org/10.1055/s-2008-1058164
Disciplines
Diagnosis | Medicine and Health Sciences | Other Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment | Radiology
PubMedID
17171133
Department(s)
Department of Radiology and Diagnostic Medical Imaging
Document Type
Article