title: The place of cytology in laryngeal diagnosis.
abstract: A cytological procedure providing useful supplementary information in the diagnosis of laryngeal malignancy is described. Of 51 patients, 22 had complete correlation with histological examination in confirming a benign condition. Twenty patients had complete correlation in confirming a malignant lesion. Five patients showed cellular atypia in the presence of benign conditions. Three showed atypia, of which 2 were malignant, 1 being unstable histologically but with no evidence of frank malignancy. Ten patients had been irradiated previously; in all cases the distinction between residual disease and no evident disease was correctly diagnosed with respect to the histological appearance.
mesh_terms: D002278:Carcinoma in Situ / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000648:ultrastructure; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D003581:Cytodiagnosis / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007822:Laryngeal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D007828:Laryngoscopy; D007830:Larynx / Q000648:ultrastructure; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000648:ultrastructure