Imaging-Guided Percutaneous Splenic Biopsy Using a 20- or 22-Gauge Cutting-Edge Core Biopsy Needle for the Diagnosis of Malignant Lymphoma
Sivan Lieberman1,
Eugene Libson1,
Bella Maly2,
Pinchas Lebensart1,
Dina Ben-Yehuda3 and
Allan I. Bloom1
1 Department of Radiology, Hadassah University Hospital, Ein-Kerem, P.O.B.
12000, Jerusalem, Israel.
2 Department of Pathology, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem,
Israel.
3 Department of Hematology, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem,
Israel.

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Fig. 1. 31-year-old woman with diagnosis of diffuse large B-cell
non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Unenhanced axial CT scan of upper abdomen shows needle
tip (white arrow) at periphery of focal splenic lesion (black
arrow) before biopsy.
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Fig. 2. 58-year-old woman with diagnosis of diffuse large B-cell
non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Unenhanced axial CT scan of mid abdomen obtained
immediately after biopsy of splenic lesion (white arrow) reveals mild
hemorrhage around spleen and liver (black arrows).
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