Ultrasound-Guided Core Needle Biopsy of Cervical Lymphadenopathy in Patients with Lymphoma: The Clinical Efficacy and Factors Associated with Unsuccessful Diagnosis

Formulating a Treatment Plan in Suspected Lymphoma: Ultrasound‐Guided Core Needle Biopsy Versus Core Needle Biopsy and Fine‐Needle Aspiration of Peripheral Lymph Nodes

“…Our study demonstrated a greater yield of actionable diagnoses in patients with a history of lymphoma (82.4%-88.1%) as opposed to those without a known history (66.4%-68.2%), consistent with the literature. 7,10,13 In our comparison of CNB to CNB + FNA, we found that the mean age of patients undergoing CNB There is no correlation between the number of cores of obtained and the size of the targeted lymph node (r = 0.08). alone was older than that of those undergoing CNB + FNA.…”

“…Our study demonstrated a greater yield of actionable diagnoses in patients with a history of lymphoma (82.4%–88.1%) as opposed to those without a known history (66.4%–68.2%), consistent with the literature …”

Image-guided core needle biopsy in the diagnosis of malignant lymphoma

“…The diagnostic yield of the sample is increased as the operator can actively direct the biopsy needle away from areas of necrotic tissue, which could otherwise produce a non-diagnostic sample. 16 The procedure is rapid, usually performed in under 20 min, and in comparison to SEB, more cost effective. There are also fewer associated complications in peripheral sites, as only a small skin incision is needed to access the target lesion, therefore the patient does not require a general anaesthetic.…”

Diagnostic yield of biopsies of cervical lymph nodes using a large (14‐gauge) core biopsy needle

“…Although excisional biopsy is still the standard of reference concerning histopathological diagnosis in cervical lymphadenopathy (1,7,9), an increasing number of centers prefer image-guided core needle biopsy (CNB), which is minimally invasive and provides a tissue sample enabling evaluation of both cytology and tumor architecture, and may be supplemented by immunohistochemical and molecular genetic methods (3,(6)(7)(8)(9)(10)(11)(12)(13)(14)(15)(16)(17)(18)(19)(20)(21)(22)(23)(24).…”