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Fine‐needle sampling of salivary gland lesions II. Cytology and histology correlation of 71 cases of Warthin's tumor (adenolymphoma)
Author(s) -
Klijanienko Jerzy,
Vielh Philippe
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
diagnostic cytopathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.417
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1097-0339
pISSN - 8755-1039
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1097-0339(199703)16:3<221::aid-dc5>3.0.co;2-i
Subject(s) - medicine , adenolymphoma , cytology , histology , salivary gland , pathology , cytopathology , sampling (signal processing) , medical diagnosis , radiology , filter (signal processing) , computer science , computer vision
Fine‐needle sampling (FNS) of 71 Warthin's tumors was performed preoperatively in 70 patients. Cytologic diagnoses were concordant with histology in 50 (70.4%) tumors, whereas 14 (19.7%) cases were cytologically misclassified as benign lesions. Material for cytologic evaluation was unsatisfactory in seven (9.9%) cases, and no suspicious or false‐positive diagnoses were observed. FNS is therefore a reliable preoperative technique for assessment of Warthin's tumor with a concordant/benign diagnostic rate of 90.1%. Diagn. Cytopathol. 16:221–225, 1997. © 1997 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.