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Fine needle aspiration biopsy and the otolaryngologist

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

Janet A. Wilson ,
Margaret A. McIntyre ,
N. P. von Haacke  and
A. G. D. Maran
Janet A. Wilson*
Affiliation:
University Department of Pathology, Edinburgh.
Margaret A. McIntyre
Affiliation:
Department of Pathology, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh.
N. P. von Haacke
Affiliation:
University Department of Pathology, Edinburgh.
A. G. D. Maran
Affiliation:
University Department of Pathology, Edinburgh.
*
Dr. Janet A. Wilson, Department of Otolaryngology, Level 4, Phase 1, The Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, EH3 9YW.
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Summary

A survey of the diagnostic value of fine needle aspiration cytology in ENT practice was carried out over a 3-year period. The 119 aspirates were taken from a variety of head and neck sites and examined by an experienced cytopathologist. Cytology was accurate in 111 (93 per cent), with two false negative aspirates (1.7 per cent) and no false positive results. There were no complications and the technique was found to be a rapid, safe and cost-effective diagnostic tool.

Type
Research Article
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 101 , Issue 6 , June 1987 , pp. 595 - 600
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1987

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