Needle Biopsy of the Peritoneum using Cope Biopsy Needle

Kim, You Young; Yang, Joo Sock; Han, Yong Chol

doi:1976.23.1.46

Tuberc Respir Dis > Volume 23(1); 1976 > Article

Original Article

Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases 1976;23(1):46-50.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4046/trd.1976.23.1.46 Published online March 1, 1976.

Needle Biopsy of the Peritoneum using Cope Biopsy Needle

You Young Kim, Joo Sock Yang, Yong Chol Han

Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea

COPE 생검침을 이용한 복막침생검

김유영, 양주석, 한용철

Abstract

Needle biopsy of the peritoneum using Cope biopsy needle was performed on 78 cases with ascites due to various causes, from Dec., 1970 to Oct., 1974 at the Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital. There were no serious complications due to peritoneal biopsy performed in the left lower quadrant. The correct diagnosis was made in 75 % of patients with tuberculous peritonitis and 37% of those with malignant ascites. Nonspecific pathological findings, however, could not rule out malignancy or tuberculosis. A diagnostic approach is suggested incorporating needle biopsy of the peritoneum that should allow for the establishment of the diagnosis of undiagnosed exudative ascites.