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Usefulness of Light Microscopy in Lymph Node Fine Needle Aspiration Biopsy

Usefulness of Light Microscopy in Lymph Node Fine Needle Aspiration Biopsy Acta Cytologica Usefulness of Light Microscopy in Lymph Node Fine Needle Aspiration Biopsy Anastasio Serrano Egea, M.D., Miguel A. Martínez González, M.D., Ph.D., Andrés Pérez Barrios, M.D., M.I.A.C., Nuria Alberti Masgrau, M.D., Ph.D., and Pedro de Agustín de Agustín, M.D., Ph.D., F.I.A.C. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate light microscopic examination Keywords: aspiration biopsy, lymphadenopathy, of lymph node fine needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) in microscopy. order to determine the indi- cations for ancillary proce- The role of fine needle as- dures and biopsy. piration biopsy (FNAB) Lymph node FNAB is a quick, safe STUDY DESIGN: Reports in the morphologic as- and smears from 693 consec- sessment of lymph- technique that may be routinely utive lymph node FNABs adenopathies is not com- performed as the first approach to were reviewed. Fifty-five pletely established. Many cases were excluded because pathologists think that lymphadenopathies. of inadequacy of the material, samples obtained by and another 26 were exclud- FNAB do not supply ed because follow-up infor- enough material to estab- mation was not available. lish a diagnosis, even when supplemented with an- RESULTS: Cytologically, 220 cases were diagnosed as cillary techniques, and that any negative diagnosis positive for malignancy and 392 as negative. Global sen- based http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Acta Cytologica Karger

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Karger
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© 2011 S. Karger AG, Basel
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0001-5547
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1938-2650
DOI
10.1159/000326735
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Abstract

Acta Cytologica Usefulness of Light Microscopy in Lymph Node Fine Needle Aspiration Biopsy Anastasio Serrano Egea, M.D., Miguel A. Martínez González, M.D., Ph.D., Andrés Pérez Barrios, M.D., M.I.A.C., Nuria Alberti Masgrau, M.D., Ph.D., and Pedro de Agustín de Agustín, M.D., Ph.D., F.I.A.C. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate light microscopic examination Keywords: aspiration biopsy, lymphadenopathy, of lymph node fine needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) in microscopy. order to determine the indi- cations for ancillary proce- The role of fine needle as- dures and biopsy. piration biopsy (FNAB) Lymph node FNAB is a quick, safe STUDY DESIGN: Reports in the morphologic as- and smears from 693 consec- sessment of lymph- technique that may be routinely utive lymph node FNABs adenopathies is not com- performed as the first approach to were reviewed. Fifty-five pletely established. Many cases were excluded because pathologists think that lymphadenopathies. of inadequacy of the material, samples obtained by and another 26 were exclud- FNAB do not supply ed because follow-up infor- enough material to estab- mation was not available. lish a diagnosis, even when supplemented with an- RESULTS: Cytologically, 220 cases were diagnosed as cillary techniques, and that any negative diagnosis positive for malignancy and 392 as negative. Global sen- based

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Acta CytologicaKarger

Published: Jan 1, 2011

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