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. 2018 May-Jun;51(3):141–146. doi: 10.1590/0100-3984.2017.0045

Table 3.

Incidence of insufficient samples in the first CT-guided percutaneous biopsy of abdominal lesions (n = 23), by organ.

Organ/space Number of biopsies with insufficient samples Percentage of biopsies of that location Percentage of all biopsies
Liver 10 9.5 4.4
Kidney 1 5.3 0.4
Pancreas 5 17.2 2.2
Spleen 1 25.0 0.4
Adrenal gland 1 14.3 0.4
Retroperitoneum 4 9.3 1.8
Other 1 5.6 0.4