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Fine Needle Aspiration Outcomes of Masses Detected by Positron Emission Tomography

Fine Needle Aspiration Outcomes of Masses Detected by Positron Emission Tomography FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION Fine Needle Aspiration Outcomes of Masses Detected by Positron Emission Tomography Correlation with Standard Uptake Value Vaishali Pansare, M.D., Sudeshna Bandyopadhyay, M.D., Jining Feng, M.D., Raj Bhan, M.D., Richard Joyrich, M.D., Mujtaba Husain, M.D., F.I.A.C., and Mousa Al-Abbadi, M.D., F.I.A.C. Objective ative predictive value (NPV) and diagnostic accuracy of To characterize the cytopathologic outcome of lesions detect- SUV were 84%, 60%, 87%, 56% and 78%, respectively. ed on positron emission tomography (PET) scan. Conclusion Study Design Our data show that FNA procedures performed for PET- Cases with fine needle aspiration (FNA) performed because positive lesions have high PPV, but low NPV. Therefore in- of a PET-positive lesion over terpretation of PET SUV val- an 18-month period were re- ues < 2.5 as benign should be viewed. Correlation with the Using an SUV of 2.5 to determine made with extreme caution. standard uptake value (SUV) (Acta Cytol 2007;51:509– benignity vs. malignancy of a (using 2.5 as a cutoff value) 516) lesion and correlating it with FNA was carried out. Keywords: aspiration, fine- diagnosis, the overall sensitivity is Results needle; positron emission high and specificity is moderate. A total of 112 FNAs were tomography; standard up- found, of http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Acta Cytologica Karger

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Karger
Copyright
© 2011 S. Karger AG, Basel
ISSN
0001-5547
eISSN
1938-2650
DOI
10.1159/000325786
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Abstract

FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION Fine Needle Aspiration Outcomes of Masses Detected by Positron Emission Tomography Correlation with Standard Uptake Value Vaishali Pansare, M.D., Sudeshna Bandyopadhyay, M.D., Jining Feng, M.D., Raj Bhan, M.D., Richard Joyrich, M.D., Mujtaba Husain, M.D., F.I.A.C., and Mousa Al-Abbadi, M.D., F.I.A.C. Objective ative predictive value (NPV) and diagnostic accuracy of To characterize the cytopathologic outcome of lesions detect- SUV were 84%, 60%, 87%, 56% and 78%, respectively. ed on positron emission tomography (PET) scan. Conclusion Study Design Our data show that FNA procedures performed for PET- Cases with fine needle aspiration (FNA) performed because positive lesions have high PPV, but low NPV. Therefore in- of a PET-positive lesion over terpretation of PET SUV val- an 18-month period were re- ues < 2.5 as benign should be viewed. Correlation with the Using an SUV of 2.5 to determine made with extreme caution. standard uptake value (SUV) (Acta Cytol 2007;51:509– benignity vs. malignancy of a (using 2.5 as a cutoff value) 516) lesion and correlating it with FNA was carried out. Keywords: aspiration, fine- diagnosis, the overall sensitivity is Results needle; positron emission high and specificity is moderate. A total of 112 FNAs were tomography; standard up- found, of

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Acta CytologicaKarger

Published: Jan 1, 2011

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