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Fine‐needle aspiration biopsy: Efficacy in the diagnosis of head and neck sarcoidosis
Author(s) -
Frable Mary Ann Smith,
Frable William J.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
the laryngoscope
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.181
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1531-4995
pISSN - 0023-852X
DOI - 10.1288/00005537-198410000-00004
Subject(s) - medicine , sarcoidosis , head and neck , biopsy , radiology , fine needle aspiration , pathology , surgery
The authors report. The usefulness of fine‐needle aspiration biopsy to establish the diagnosis of sarcoidosis in patients with palpable disease in the head and neck areas. Aspiration biopsy proved to be a simple and quick method for establishing this diagnosis in the eight cases reported in this series. Interpretation of cytologic smears with identification of typical sarcoid‐like granulomas proved to be quite easy. No complications occurred secondary to use of this technique.