Open AccessValue of ancillary studies in the evaluation of fine-needle aspiration specimens: Our experience
Author(s) -
Deepti Mutreja,
Vijay S Nijhawan,
Venkatesh Srinivasa,
Ritu Lakhtakia,
H Subramanya
Publication year - 2012
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 - 10.4103/0970-9371.97148
Subject(s) - medicine , fine needle aspiration cytology , immunoperoxidase , fine needle aspiration , pathology , gold standard (test) , radiology , immunocytochemistry , medical diagnosis , diagnostic accuracy , cytology , biopsy , antibody , immunology , monoclonal antibody
The cytological diagnosis of poorly differentiated tumors is challenging because the tumor cells may have morphologically difficult presentations in materials obtained by fine-needle aspiration cytology (FNAC). With the application of FNAC in primary diagnosis of malignant lesions, there has been a significant increase in the use of ancillary studies in the aspirated material.