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ArticlePathology oncology research : POR2005

Early diagnosis of pancreatobiliary duct malignancies by brush cytology and biopsy.

Gábor Elek, Tibor Gyökeres, Eszter Schäfer, Mária Burai, Ferenc Pintér, Akos Pap

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Article in Pathology oncology research : POR, 2005. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Gábor ElekDepartment of Pathology, Central Railway Hospital and Polyclinic, Budapest, Hungary.
Tibor Gyökeres
Eszter Schäfer
Mária Burai
Ferenc Pintér
Akos Pap
Hungarian National Bank · HU

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Two hundred and five preoperative intraductal samplings (brushing and biopsy) were evaluated from 113 patients with biliary or Wirsung duct strictures. One hundred and three strictures could be specified by histology of the operative specimens, autopsy, or by the patients' clinical course. Preoperative diagnostic efficacy depended on the tumor location (it was the best for ampullary and para-papillary tumors), but the average quantitative indices for sensitivity, absolute sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative predictive values, diagnostic accuracy of cytology were 53%, 20%, 100%, 100%, 25%, 59%, respectively. The same values for biopsy were 43%, 34%, 100%, 100%, 36% and 56%. These figures improved after simultaneous cytology and biopsy. Close cooperation with the endoscopist was necessary in cases of negative, inconclusive and dysplastic (27%) samples. Repetition of sampling improved the results by 8%. Among the 26 preoperative false negative cases, sampling-, technical- and interpretative errors occurred in 84%, 4% and 12%, respectively. Revision of samples revealed 4 malignant cases among the false negative cytologic brushings. Reclassification of specimens considering the latest criteria - primary and secondary malignant features, pancreatic intraepithelial neoplasia (PanINs), etc. - resulted in improvement of the diagnostic efficiency.

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Bile Duct NeoplasmsBiopsyCarcinoma, Pancreatic DuctalCommon Bile DuctCytodiagnosisFalse Negative ReactionsHumansReference ValuesReproducibility of ResultsSensitivity and Specificity

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PMID16195768
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