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The Cytological Diagnosis of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Using A Silk Swab Stick
Author(s) -
LAU S. K.,
HSU C. S.,
SHAM J. S. T.,
WEI W. I.
Publication year - 1991
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.1365-2303.1991.tb00495.x
Subject(s) - medicine , nasopharyngeal carcinoma , dermatology , silk , carcinoma , pathology , radiology , radiation therapy , computer science , operating system
A prospective study was carried out to investigate the efficacy of exfoliative cytology for the diagnosis of nasopharyngeal carcinoma. Exfoliated nasopharyngeal cells were collected from patients with a clinical suspicion of carcinoma by scraping the nasopharyngeal mucosa with a piece of silk wrapped around one end of a wooden stick. Ninety‐eight patients were investigated in this manner, and the results of cytological investigation compared with the histological findings. the sensitivity of cytological investigation was 71% and the overall accuracy was 86%. the combined use of cytology and serology as a method of screening for nasopharyngeal carcinomas is discussed.