title: [The value of exfoliative cytology in the larynx as a screening procedure (author's transl)].
abstract: The examination of 258 patients shows that exfoliative cytology in the larynx has no validity as a screening procedure. Cytology must be considered inferior to histologic examination by the high percentage of false negative results in laryngeal malignancies.
mesh_terms: D003581:Cytodiagnosis / Q000379:methods; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005188:False Negative Reactions; D006801:Humans; D007822:Laryngeal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D007830:Larynx / Q000473:pathology*
vernacular_title: Zum Wert der Larynxzytologie als Screening-Untersuchung.