What is lung puncture?

Lung puncture is a special puncture needle, under the guidance of chest ct and other imaging equipment, puncture through the chest wall to the lung lesion site, so obtain tissue samples for pathological examination. Lung puncture biopsy is widely used in clinical practice, especially for chest ct, where lung masses are found, and lung masses are close to the periphery of the lung. Under normal circumstances, lung puncture biopsy is needed to further clarify the diagnosis. It is necessary to pay attention to this examination method of lung puncture. Although it is generally safe, it may also show some complications. For example, pneumothorax, hemoptysis and other related conditions, so before doing lung puncture, chest enhancement ct is often needed to evaluate the blood supply of lung masses to reduce the probability of large hemoptysis.