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Labelling errors in fine needle aspiration cytology
Author(s) -
Khanlari M.,
Daneshbod Y.,
Shaterzadeh Yazdi H.,
Shirian S.,
Negahban S.,
Aledavood A.,
Oryan A.,
Khademi B.,
Daneshbod K.,
Field A.
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
cytopathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.512
H-Index - 48
eISSN - 1365-2303
pISSN - 0956-5507
DOI - 10.1111/cyt.12264
Subject(s) - medicine , fine needle aspiration cytology , cytopathology , cytology , radiology , fine needle aspiration , medical physics , pathology , biopsy
This letter reports the authors' investigation into how often clinicians wrongly label the likely site of pathology and concludes that it is an infrequent occurrence. Nevertheless, it stresses that cytologists should be given, or obtain for themselves, as accurate information as possible on the site of the origin of the lesion. If the cytologist is under the impression that the sample is from a different site, this may lead to diagnostic errors.