Open AccessImage-guided fine-needle aspiration cytology of ovarian tumors: An assessment of diagnostic efficacy
Author(s) -
Ghazala Mehdi,
Veena Maheshwari,
Sheerin Afzal,
Hena A Ansari,
M.Y. Ansari
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
journal of cytology/journal of cytology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.267
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 0974-5165
pISSN - 0970-9371
DOI - 10.4103/0970-9371.71872
Subject(s) - medicine , fine needle aspiration cytology , fine needle aspiration , cytology , radiology , pathology , biopsy
Image-guided fine-needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) of ovarian lumps is being increasingly used for the successful diagnosis of ovarian tumors, although borderline cases may be difficult to diagnose by this method.