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ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY IN THE MANAGEMENT OF BREAST LESIONS
Author(s) -
Kwok Derek,
Chan Malcolm,
Gwi Elaine,
Law Dorothy
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1988.tb01059.x
Subject(s) - medicine , cytology , fine needle aspiration cytology , breast lumps , radiology , malignant disease , breast disease , cytological techniques , pathology , breast cancer , cancer
In a group of patients with breast lumps, diagnosis made by pre‐operative aspiration cytology was compared with that obtained by histological section of excised specimens. Results showed that aspiration cytology correctly diagnosed 89% of malignant lesions and 92.6% of benign lesions based upon histological diagnosis. Cytological diagnosis of benign disease had a false negative rate of 6% while cytological diagnosis of malignant disease had a 2.7% false positive rate. Only 3.5% of cytologies returned an inadequate diagnosis. This study shows that aspiration cytology should be useful in allowing a better psychological preparation of patients before surgery as well as better utilization of operation theatre facilities.