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UR Medicine / Imaging / Specialties / Imaging Glossary / CT Guided Biopsy

CT (computed tomography) guided biopsies are done percutaneously when lesions are not palpable and cannot be done in the clinical setting. CT guided biopsies offer a noninvasive alternative to open surgical biopsies.

The image to the right shows a needle placed inferior to the foramen ovale. The second case below shows an orbital lesion that was biopsied with a fine needle technique.

CT Guided Biopsy shows foramen ovaleCT Guided Biopsy of a needle placed inferior to foramen ovaleOrbital lesion biopsied with a fine needle technique

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