title: Fine needle aspiration biopsy in diagnosis and treatment of breast pathology. A review.
abstract: Seventy-eight women with breast disease were studied aiming to evaluate the importance of the fine needle aspiration biopsy for its diagnosis and forwarding treatment. Our data showed a high diagnostic accuracy with a low level of false negative results and no false positive. The macroscopic appearance of samples is an important aspect. Clear material prevailed in benign pathology (90%) and the presence of blood was usual in malignant tumors (78.3%).
authors.affiliation: Department of Gynecology, Escola Paulista de Medicina, São Paulo, Brasil.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kemp
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Valente
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Terreiro
authors.forename: G R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: de Lima
mesh_terms: D001707:Biopsy, Needle / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D001940:Breast / Q000473:pathology; D001941:Breast Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology*; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D003581:Cytodiagnosis / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005188:False Negative Reactions; D005189:False Positive Reactions; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity