Fine-Needle Aspiration in the Diagnosis of Head and Neck Growths: The Pitfalls of False-Positive Diagnosis
作者:
Jean-Philippe Guyot,
Serge Auberson,
Dragan Obradovic,
Willy Lehmann,
期刊:
ORL
(Karger Available online 1993)
卷期:
Volume 55,
issue 1
页码: 41-44
ISSN:0301-1569
年代: 1993
DOI:10.1159/000276351
出版商: S. Karger AG
关键词: Fine-needle aspiration;Head and neck tumors;False-negative cytological results;False-positive cytological results;Biopsy
数据来源: Karger
摘要:
The results of fine-needle aspiration cytology (FNA) performed on 235 patients with head and neck growths were analyzed. The accuracy rate was 83 %. The FNA was nondiagnostic in 9 %, false negative in 7 % and false positive in 1 % of the cases. These results are similar to those in other centers. Due to false-negative diagnoses, FNA rarely allows the making of a major clinical decision. False-positive diagnoses oblige the clinician to perform several investigations to assess the diagnosis of nonmalignancy and to reassure the patient. Thus, in our opinion, FNA is helpful for the diagnosis of head and neck growths in some rare situations only.
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