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Radiology, Vol 187, 715-718, Copyright © 1993 by Radiological Society of North America
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SG Silverman, PR Mueller, LP Pinkney, RM Koenker and SE Seltzer
Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115.
A retrospective study of 97 patients undergoing 101 image-guided adrenal biopsies (IGABs) was performed to analyze the effects of specific pathologic results on test characteristics. Three categories of pathologic results (benign adrenal tissue, malignant tissue, and nondiagnostic) were compared with outcomes. Diagnostic samples were obtained in 86% of cases. Among 72 patients with proved outcomes, IGAB had an accuracy of 96%, a sensitivity of 93%, and a negative predictive value of 91% (92% in patients with bronchogenic carcinoma). In this subset of patients, 33 had biopsy specimens that contained benign adrenal tissue. In these 33 patients, three masses (each smaller than 3 cm) proved malignant. In the 14 patients with nondiagnostic samples, two masses proved malignant. Obtaining benign adrenal tissue was highly predictive of benignity, even in the setting of lung cancer. The authors conclude that IGAB is an accurate procedure in both oncologic and nononcologic patients. However, when the biopsy specimen does not contain benign adrenal tissue or malignant cells, repeat percutaneous biopsy or surgery should be considered.
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