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hemorrhage and pneumothorax, and penetration of aer- areas of necrosis, adjacent inflammation, atelectasis, or
ated lung [11]. hemorrhage resulting in inaccurate cytology/histopathol-
Results from fine needle aspiration or tissue core biopsy ogy if these areas are sampled [11,12]. However, these
may be nondiagnostic for a variety of reasons. Fine needle issues are common with any type of biopsy procedure,
aspirates typically have a much smaller cell population and CT‐guided biopsy is a valuable technique which
than core biopsies. Inaccurate needle tip placement will avoids the need for more invasive surgical sampling in
miss the true tissue diagnosis. Larger masses may have many patients.

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