Does biopsy needle traversing through central portion of lesion increase the risk of hemoptysis during percutaneous transthoracic needle biopsy?

ConclusionTraversal through the central part of the lesion by the biopsy needle is not a risk factor of PTNB-related hemoptysis, but subsolid lesions and lesion depth  >  1 cm increase the risk of hemoptysis.
Source: Japanese Journal of Radiology - Category: Radiology Source Type: research