Fine-needle aspiration of parotid masses

Ultrasonography guided fine needle aspiration biopsy of parotid gland masses.

OBJECTIVES The exact preoperative diagnosis of parotid gland masses requires highly specific and sensitive diagnostic techniques. The specificity, sensitivity and accuracy of ultrasonography guided fine needle aspiration biopsy of parotid gland masses were assessed. PATIENTS AND METHODS There were 46 female and 36 male patients. The mean age was 39 years (range 18 to 74 years). Ultrasonograph...

Diagnostic Efficacy of Fine Needle Aspiration in Parotid Mass

Introduction: The preoperative diagnostic evaluation of the parotid lesion is a valuable aid in planning the operation and the approach to intervention. Among different diagnostic tools, Fine Needle Aspiration has a key role. However, the exact efficacy of this technique in our center had not been thoroughly investigated. Materials and Methods: Between January 2000 and June 2007 a subset of ...

Fine Needle Aspiration of Renal Masses

Fine needle aspiration cytology of rectal masses.

This paper describes the results of transproctoscopic fine needle aspiration cytology in the diagnosis of rectal lesions. Fifty one consecutive patients referred with a presumptive diagnosis of rectal mass were subjected to proctoscopic examination when fine needle aspiration cytology, brush cytology and biopsy samples were taken. Of the 30 patients of malignancy of rectum in whom all the three...

VALUE OF FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION IN DIAGNOSING ABDOMINAL AND RETROPERITONEAL MASSES OF CHILDREN

The aim of this study was to evaluate the role of fine needle aspiration cytology in the diagnosis of abdominal and retroperitoneal masses in children on this study. In 53 cases of childhood abdominal and retroperitoneal masses within a 4 year period (1998- 2001) preoperative fine needle aspiration was done under the guide of CT scan. 2 pathologists reviewed fine needle aspiration smears. I...