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Effectiveness of fine-needle aspiration cytology in the diagnosis of lateral cervical nonthyroid tumors.
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- Correlation between fine needle aspiration cytology with histopathology of non-thyroidal head and neck lesions: first report from Somalia.BMC cancer · 2026Article
- Utility and Limitations of Fine-Needle Aspiration Cytology in the Diagnosis of Lymphadenopathy.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Acute cardiac damage and acute kidney injury associated with hypercalcemia crisis in hyperparathyroidism: a case report.The Journal of international medical research · 2021Article
- Non-neoplastic Lesions among Lateral Neck Mass Specimens in a Tertiary Care Center: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study.JNMA; journal of the Nepal Medical Association · 2021Article
- Hypercalcaemic Crisis Due to Primary Hyperparathyroidism: Report of Two Cases.Journal of critical care medicine (Universitatea de Medicina si Farmacie din Targu-Mures) · 2019Article
- Ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration cytology of lesions in the head and neck performed without local anaesthesia - An analysis of pain perception.Ultrasound (Leeds, England) · 2018Review
- Diagnostic Accuracy of Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology in Lesions of Oral Cavity and Salivary Glands: A Clinico-Pathological Study.The open dentistry journal · 2018Article
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Abstract
Given that the clinical and radiological examinations of lateral cervical masses are not always sufficient for deciding on appropriate management, the cytological examination of the material obtained by fine-needle aspiration might be an efficient tool in the preoperative investigation of these lesions.In this prospective cross-sectional study we evaluated the efficacy and diagnostic accuracy of fine-needle aspiration cytology in the assessment of lateral cervical nonthyroid tumors, by comparing its results with those of histopathology.A total of 58 patients with lateral cervical masses were included. Preoperative cytological results were compared with the histopathologic examination of surgical specimens.Both cytology and histology indicated that malignant tumors outnumbered benign lesions (62% vs 38%), with 88.9% of malignancies presenting in patients aged >50 years, but cytology was less effective at differentiating between benign and nontumor lesions. Cytology had 76.5% specificity and 78.1% sensitivity for identifying malignant lateral cervical lesions, and there was a concordance between the two diagnostic tests (McNemar test, P = 0.17, κ = 0.50, P <0.001).Fine-needle aspiration cytology is a simple, quick, and effective procedure that can aid in the preoperative evaluation of lateral cervical masses by differentiating benign tumors and inflammatory processes from malignancies and thus help in determining a subsequent therapeutic strategy.
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