BACKGROUND: The purpose of the present study was to assess the value of fine-needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) in parotid masses. METHODS: A retrospective review was carried out of FNAC results in parotid masses and the findings compared to histology on subsequent parotidectomy. RESULTS: One hundred parotid masses were investigated. Eighty-six had the cytological diagnosis confirmed by histology, 14 had a different diagnosis at histology. In two of these 14, a malignancy was found where a non-neoplastic condition had been detected. In the other 12, various non-malignant lesions were wrongly identified by FNAC. Squamous cell carcinoma was the commonest parotid malignancy in the present study. CONCLUSION: Fine-needle aspiration cytology was found to be an effective diagnostic tool in the hands of experienced pathologists at Christchurch Hospital, NZ.
BACKGROUND: The purpose of the present study was to assess the value of fine-needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) in parotid masses. METHODS: A retrospective review was carried out of FNAC results in parotid masses and the findings compared to histology on subsequent parotidectomy. RESULTS: One hundred parotid masses were investigated. Eighty-six had the cytological diagnosis confirmed by histology, 14 had a different diagnosis at histology. In two of these 14, a malignancy was found where a non-neoplastic condition had been detected. In the other 12, various non-malignant lesions were wrongly identified by FNAC. Squamous cell carcinoma was the commonest parotid malignancy in the present study. CONCLUSION: Fine-needle aspiration cytology was found to be an effective diagnostic tool in the hands of experienced pathologists at Christchurch Hospital, NZ.
Authors: C Carrie Liu; Ashok R Jethwa; Samir S Khariwala; Jonas Johnson; Jennifer J Shin Journal: Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg Date: 2015-10-01 Impact factor: 3.497
Authors: Daniel N Johnson; Mine Onenerk; Jeffrey F Krane; Esther Diana Rossi; Zubair Baloch; Güliz Barkan; Massimo Bongiovanni; Fabiano Callegari; Sule Canberk; Glen Dixon; Andrew Field; Christopher C Griffith; Nirag Jhala; Sara Jiang; Daniel Kurtycz; Lester Layfield; Oscar Lin; Zahra Maleki; Miguel Perez-Machado; Marc Pusztaszeri; Philippe Vielh; He Wang; Matthew A Zarka; William C Faquin Journal: Cancer Cytopathol Date: 2020-04-08 Impact factor: 5.284