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CTF-guided puncture of an unenhanced isodense liver lesion during continuous intravenous injection of contrast medium

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CT fluoroscopy (CTF) facilitates guidance of percutaneous biopsies and other interventional procedures. We wished to demonstrate the usefulness of CTF for the puncture of an unenhanced isodense liver lésion during continuous injection of intravenous contrast medium. We performed CTF-guided puncture of a 2-cm lesion in the liver of a patient suffering from lung cancer. CTF enables puncture of liver foci even if they are unenhanced and isodense with the surrounding parenchyma.

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  1. Klinik für Radiologische Diagnostik und Nuklearmedizin, Katholisches Krankenhaus Marienhospital Herne, Universitätsklinikum der Ruhr-Universitàt Bochum, Hölkeskampring 40, D-44625, Herne, Germany

    Johannes Kirchner M.D., Ralph Kickuth, Ulf Laufer & Dieter Liermann

  2. Chirurgische Klinik, Katholisches Krankenhaus Marienhospital Herne, Universitätsklinikum der Ruhr-Universitàt Bochum, Hölkeskampring 40, D-44625, Herne, Germany

    Martin V. Walz

  3. Abteilung für Hàmatologie und Onkologie, Katholisches Krankenhaus Marienhospital Herne, Universitätsklinikum der Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Hölkeskampring 40, D-44625, Herne, Germany

    Esther M. Schilling

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Kirchner, J., Kickuth, R., Walz, M.V. et al. CTF-guided puncture of an unenhanced isodense liver lesion during continuous intravenous injection of contrast medium. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol 22, 528–530 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002709900447

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