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Fine needle aspiration cytology in the management ENT of patients

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

Lesley A. Smallman ,
Jennifer A. Young ,
J. Oates ,
D. W. Proops  and
A. P. Johnson
Lesley A. Smallman*
Affiliation:
Department of Pathology, The Medical School, University of Birmingham, Birmingham.
Jennifer A. Young
Affiliation:
Department of Pathology, The Medical School, University of Birmingham, Birmingham.
J. Oates
Affiliation:
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham.
D. W. Proops
Affiliation:
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham.
A. P. Johnson
Affiliation:
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham.
*
Department of Pathology, The Medical School, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TJ.
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Abstract

Aspirates were obtained from 142 masses in 120 patients who presented with palpable swellings in the head and neck region. 120 specimens (84.51 per cent) were adequate for diagnostic purposes and the remaining 22 (15.49 per cent) were unsatisfactory. Final diagnosis was based on resection histology in 87 cases and close clinical follow-up in 55 patients. The overall sensitivity and specificity including unsatisfactory aspirates was 81.37 per cent and 93 per cent respectively (if the technically inadequate specimens were deleted 98.81 per cent and 94.44 per cent). In comparison with the final diagnosis typing of malignant tumours was possible in 58.33 per cent. The correct diagnosis was made in 63.89 per cent of benign lesions.

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The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 102 , Issue 10 , October 1988 , pp. 909 - 913
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Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1988

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