Accuracy of Core Needle Biopsy Versus Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology for Diagnosing Salivary Gland Tumors

BACKGROUND: Core needle biopsy is a relatively new technique used to diagnose salivary gland lesions, and its role in comparison with fine needle aspiration cytology needs to be refined. METHODS: We compared the results of 228 ultrasound-guided core needle biopsy and 371 fine needle aspiration proce...

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Autores principales: Song, In Hye, Song, Joon Seon, Sung, Chang Ohk, Roh, Jong-Lyel, Choi, Seung-Ho, Nam, Soon Yuhl, Kim, Sang Yoon, Lee, Jeong Hyun, Baek, Jung Hwan, Cho, Kyung-Ja
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Society of Pathologists and the Korean Society for Cytopathology 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4367109/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26148740
http://dx.doi.org/10.4132/jptm.2015.01.03
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Sumario:BACKGROUND: Core needle biopsy is a relatively new technique used to diagnose salivary gland lesions, and its role in comparison with fine needle aspiration cytology needs to be refined. METHODS: We compared the results of 228 ultrasound-guided core needle biopsy and 371 fine needle aspiration procedures performed on major salivary gland tumors with their postoperative histological diagnoses. RESULTS: Core needle biopsy resulted in significantly higher sensitivity and more accurate tumor subtyping, especially for malignant tumors, than fine needle aspiration. No patient developed major complications after core needle biopsy. CONCLUSIONS: We recommend ultrasoundguided core needle biopsy as the primary diagnostic tool for the preoperative evaluation of patients with salivary gland lesions, especially when malignancy is suspected.

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