Lesions of the foramen ovale: CT-guided fine-needle aspiration.

Barakos, J A; Dillon, W P · Radiology · 1992

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

To verify perineural spread of tumor along the mandibular division of the trigeminal nerve in four patients, the authors obtained cytologic specimens by means of a CT-guided transfacial fine-needle aspiration technique. Diagnoses were squamous cell carcinoma (n = 3) and meningioma (n = 1). The technique allows biopsy of deep lesions that would otherwise require open surgical biopsy.

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