Radiologically-guided percutaneous fine needle aspiration biopsies of abdominal and osseous lesions.

The inductions, technique, complications and results of radiologically-guided percutaneous fine needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) of abdominal and osseous sites performed over a four and a half year period at an Australian tertiary referral hospital are presented. FNAB provided a positive tissue diagnosis for malignancy in 79% of osseous and 78% of abdominal lesions with no false positive diagnoses in either series. Particular problems encountered and the methods employed to overcome them are discussed.