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Este artículo debe citarse comoMartínez-Salazar G, Guzmán-Delgado NE, Mejía-Bañuelos RM, y col. Biopsia por aspiración con aguja delgada de tórax, experiencia en un hospital de tercer nivel del Noreste de México. Patología Rev Latinoam. 2019;57:1-6. https://doi.org /10.24245/patrl. v57id.2707 PALABRAS CLAVE: Biopsia por aspiración con aguja fina; fluoroscopia; mediastino; pleura; ganglio linfático; adenocarcinoma de pulmón; carcinoma de células no pequeñas; neoplasia metastásica; linfoma; carcinoma neuroendocrino. Abstract OBJECTIVE: To report the experience in the diagnosis of fine needle aspiration biopsy guided by fluroscopy in thoracic lesions in a tertiary level hospital of the IMSS. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Observational, descriptive and cross-sectional study that included patients treated between October 2016 and September 2017 with chest lesions who underwent a thin needle aspiration biopsy, guided by fluoroscopy. Study parameters: age, sex, topography and cytopathological diagnosis. The data is reported in frequencies and percentages. RESULTS: 167 biopsies were analyzed: 109 (65.3%) of men and 58 (34.7%) of women; average age of the study group, 61 years (limits 19 and 86). 55.6% (93/167) of the samples were suitable for diagnosis. Distribution: 83.8% (78/93) lung, 10.7% (10/93) mediastinum, 4.3% (4/93) pleura and 1.0% (1/93) lymph node. 83.8% (78/93) were malignant and 16.1% (15/93) were benign. Diagnoses of malignant neoplasms were