In malignant biliary stricture (MBS), the diagnostic accuracy of ERCP-based tissue sampling is insufficient. EUS-guided fine needle aspiration biopsy (EUS-FNAB) is emerging as a reliable diagnostic procedure. This study aimed to evaluate the usefulness of a diagnostic approach using ERCP-guided transpapillary forceps biopsy (TPB) or EUS-FNAB according to the characteristics of suspected MBS. Co...

Background: Ameloblastoma is the most common benign epithelial odontogenic tumor with malignant potential and usually located in jaw. It constitutes about 1-3% of all tumors cysts jaws. This entity has a very high recurrence rate over 50% even after wide excision. Preoperative diagnosis ameloblastoma can be made by fine-needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) which used as guide for surgical planning. ...

Objective: Thyroid nodule is the most common disease of thyroid gland and closely associated with cancer. The gold standard method in diagnosis Fine Needle Aspiration Biopsy (FNAB). Although relationship between nodules containing microcalcification malignancy well known, there no consensus on relation macrocalcification to adequacy FNAB. In this study, it was aimed compare results FNAB without...

BACKGROUND Thyroid cancer is one of the most common cancers and especially in young patients. Therefore, effective recognition treatment thyroid are essential for patient survival. OBJECTIVES To compare effectiveness standard guidelines predicting malignancy. do so, nodules were classified according to categories American Association (ATA) Imaging Reporting Data System (TI-RADS) guidelines, com...

Fine-needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) is applied very uncommonly to soft tissue masses and even more infrequently to lesions of the hand. Nodular fasciitis, an uncommon pseudosarcomatous lesion of soft tissue, rarely occurs in the hand and, because of this, is not often considered in the differential diagnosis of hand masses. We report 3 cases (2 men and 1 woman; mean age, 44.3 years) of soft ti...

Fine needle aspiration biopsy is a technique used all over the world in the diagnosis and management of breast lumps. It is safe, quick, accurate, cost effective and acceptable to the patients. We reviewed 234 fine needle aspiration biopsies performed over a period extending from 1991-1993 for diagnosis of breast lesions. Majority of the patients presented with breast lumps (89.7%). On FNAB 144...

Diagnosis of hydatid disease (HD) is usually based on its clinical and radiologic presentation. However, radiologic appearances of bone lesions are nonspecific and mimic inflammatory diseases and neoplasms.6 Despite limited experience with fine needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) in the evaluation of cystic bone lesions, HD is diagnosed in cytology.1-5 A 33-year-old woman presented with right hip p...

INTRODUCTION Some studies have shown largest thyroid nodule size, especially ≥4cm that can predict malignancy and reduce fine needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) accuracy. Therefore, this study is designed to evaluate relationship between thyroid nodule sizes with malignancy and its effect on FNBA accuracy. MATERIALS AND METHODS a retrospective analytical study design aims to investigate all pati...

BACKGROUND Fine needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) cytology has been a highly effective methodology for tissue diagnosis and for various ancillary studies including molecular tests. In addition to other benefits, FNAB predominantly retrieves the diagnostic loosely cohesive cells in the lesion as compared to the adjacent supporting stroma with relatively higher cohesiveness. However, FNAB procedure...