The coherence between fine needle aspiration cytology and histopathology of palpable neck nodes in lower lip carcinoma patients
| Autor: | Gürcan Vural, Ethem Güneren, Uğur Gençoğlu, Aydın Gözü, Zafer Ozsoy |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Ondokuz Mayıs Üniversitesi |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2003 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
business.industry Lower lip Fine-needle aspiration biopsy medicine.disease Surgery Plastic surgery Dissection Neck nodes Treatment plan Fine needle aspiration cytology Carcinoma Fine-needle aspiration cytology Medicine Histopathology Lower lip carcinoma business Cervical metastases Head and neck carcinoma |
| Popis: | Obtaining a preoperative diagnosis of palpable neck nodes in head and neck carcinoma patients provides accurate staging and allows a treatment plan to be established. Fine-needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) of palpable neck nodes was performed in 26 consecutive lower lip carcinoma patients. This resulted in 100% specificity, 88.8% accurate diagnosis, and 71.4% sensitivity; 83.4% of the mobile and soft neck masses which were examined were benign nodes (r=0.834). These results showed a consistency of the histopathological findings in this very particular patient group. The outpatient FNAC of neck masses was well tolerated by our patients. This procedure is safe, quick, and does not compromise the node dissection. Furthermore, the cost-effectiveness of FNAC makes it useful in disease staging. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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