title: [Fine needle aspiration cytology in the diagnosis of head and neck tumors].
abstract: The authors studied 166 head and neck tumors of patients admitted to the A.C. Camargo Hospital using the method of fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) in order to correlate these findings with pathohistological diagnoses. The correlation was possible in 81 cases: 3 cases were false negative and 1 was false positive. FNAC sensibility was 90.6%, specificity was 97.9%, and efficiency was 95%.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Anatomia Patológica do Hospital A. C. Camargo, São Paulo.
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Oyafuso
authors.forename: M K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Ikeda
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Longatto Filho
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001707:Biopsy, Needle / Q000379:methods; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity
vernacular_title: Citologia de punção aspirativa por agulha fina no diagnóstico de tumores de cabeça e pescoço.