title: Fine needle aspiration cytology of orbital and adnexal masses.
abstract: Fine needle aspiration (FNA) biopsy was performed on 35 patients with orbital and adnexal masses. Histopathologic study was performed on 15 of the cases. Examples of benign and malignant primary orbital neoplasms, as well as inflammatory lesions diagnosed this way, are described. The diagnostic accuracy of the technique in evaluating orbital masses was 97.1%; there was one false-negative case. The study indicated that this simple technique has considerable diagnostic value in palpable orbital masses.
authors.affiliation: Rajendra Prasad Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Arora
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rewari
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Betharia
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009916:Orbital Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D009918:Orbital Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D016727:Orbital Pseudotumor / Q000473:pathology; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests