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Percutaneous Needle Biopsy in Exudative Ascites

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Title: Percutaneous Needle Biopsy in Exudative Ascites

Authors: Iftikhar Ali Shah , Najib-ul-Haq , Zafar Hayat , M. Humayoon , Najmul Hasan Shah 

Journal: Journal of Pakistan Medical Association

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Publisher: Pakistan Medical Association.

Country: Pakistan

Year: 1996

Volume: 46

Issue: 11

Language: English

Categories
Ascites (13) Biopsy (26) Diagnostics (559) Radiology (9447) Gastroenterology (8625)

Abstract

Abstract


Seventy-two patients with exudative as cites were subjected to percutaneous needle biopsy of peritoneum. The overall diagnostic yield was 64%, with the commonest finding being caseous granuloma (39%), followed by metastatic carcinoma (25%). The procedure was safe and easy to perform on the bed side. Peritoneal tissue was obtained in all cases, without any major complications

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