False-negative diagnosis in fine-needle aspirations of squamous-cell carcinoma of head and neck
Autor: | Latha R. Pisharodi |
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Rok vydání: | 1997 |
Předmět: |
Pathology
medicine.medical_specialty Histology medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry General Medicine Cystic Change medicine.disease Malignancy Pathology and Forensic Medicine stomatognathic diseases Epidermoid carcinoma Giant cell Cytopathology Biopsy Carcinoma medicine Head and neck business neoplasms |
Zdroj: | Diagnostic Cytopathology. 17:70-73 |
ISSN: | 1097-0339 8755-1039 |
DOI: | 10.1002/(sici)1097-0339(199707)17:1<70::aid-dc16>3.0.co;2-7 |
Popis: | Squamous-cell carcinoma (SCC) is the most common malignancy encountered in the head and neck area. Fine-needle aspiration (FNA) is routinely performed in the diagnosis of primary, recurrent, and metastatic SCC. This paper describes several diagnostic problems and pitfalls that might be seen in FNAs of SCC. These include cystic changes, well-differentiated SCC, spindled SCC, and SCC with foreign-body giant cells, keratin plaques, and ghost cells. Recognition of these patterns along with clinical correlation enables the pathologist to prevent a false-negative diagnosis. Diagn. Cytopathol. 17:70–73, 1997. © 1997 Wiley-Liss, Inc. |
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