title: Fine-needle aspiration of salivary glands: its utility and tissue effects.
abstract: Any diagnostic procedure requires a circumspect decision on its clinical utility. Otherwise, it risks being only an additional evaluation that is not cost-effective. In the case of fine-needle aspiration biopsy of lesions of salivary glands, there are unquestioned clinical indications; none, however, merit its inclusion as part of a systematic evaluation. Attention is also called to the possible negation of a histopathologic diagnosis because of the tissue effects of the fine-needle aspiration.
authors.affiliation: University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston 77030.
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Batsakis
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sneige
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: el-Naggar
mesh_terms: D001707:Biopsy, Needle / Q000009:adverse effects; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006801:Humans; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D012468:Salivary Gland Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D012469:Salivary Glands / Q000473:pathology*