Open AccessImpact of image guided fine needle aspiration cytology in diagnosis of pediatric hepatic mass and cytohistologic concordance
Author(s) -
Chhanda Das,
Madhumita Mukhopadhyay,
Moumita Sengupta,
Ashis Kumar Saha,
Biswanath Mukhopadhyay
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of indian association of pediatric surgeons
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.306
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 1998-3891
pISSN - 0971-9261
DOI - 10.4103/0971-9261.129602
Subject(s) - medicine , radiology , hepatoblastoma , percutaneous , concordance , biopsy , histopathology , fine needle aspiration , fine needle aspiration cytology , gold standard (test) , cytology , diagnostic accuracy , pathology
Pediatric hepatic mass is a heterogeneous group of benign and malignant lesions. Percutaneous fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) can be utilized as a diagnostic modality to assess the nature of radiologically demonstrated hepatic lesions and thus facilitate individualized treatment.