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Role of repeat fine needle aspiration cytology in head and neck lesions: preliminary study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 March 2006

M. Shykhon ,
M. Macnamara ,
A. El-Assy  and
A. T. Warfield
M. Shykhon
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, Birmingham, UK.
M. Macnamara
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, Birmingham, UK.
A. El-Assy
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, Birmingham, UK.
A. T. Warfield
Affiliation:
Department of Pathology, Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, Birmingham, UK.
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Abstract

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In this preliminary prospective study the value of repeating fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) in patients with head and neck lesions was investigated. Few reports exist on the significance of repeating the procedure in head and neck patients. Fifty-seven patients have been sampled twice for the first and second (repeat) FNAC. The second aspirate was performed in the operating theatre under general anaesthesia prior to a surgical procedure. The cytological results were compared with the histology of the 57 resected lesions. It was found that the overall diagnostic results improved after repeating the FNAC. It can be concluded that repeating FNAC is useful and should be considered under some circumstances, especially in the case of non-diagnostic cervical lymph node aspirates.

Keywords

Biopsy Fine NeedleNeckDiagnosis Differential
Type
Research Article
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 118 , Issue 4 , April 2004 , pp. 294 - 298
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© Royal Society of Medicine Press Limited 2004