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Fine needle aspiration cytology of salivary gland lesions
Author(s) -
YOUNG J. A.,
SMALLMAN L. A.,
THOMPSON H.,
PROOPS D. W.,
JOHNSON A. P.
Publication year - 1990
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/j.1365-2303.1990.tb00323.x
Subject(s) - medicine , salivary gland , pathology , cytology , fine needle aspiration cytology , fine needle aspiration , neoplasm , cytopathology , radiology , biopsy
Eighty‐eight fine needle aspirates from 79 salivary gland lesions in 77 patients were examined. The overall diagnostic sensitivity was 84% and the specificity 98.41%. When the 14 unsatisfactory specimens were excluded the sensitivity rose to 95.45%. Correct identification of the disease process was possible in nearly 80% of cases with a final benign diagnosis. The histological tumour type was correctly predicted in 75% of the malignancies. In the others the cytological diagnosis was anaplastic malignant neoplasm.