title: The value of fine-needle aspiration biopsy in the cytodiagnosis of salivary gland lesions.
abstract: Fine-needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) was performed on 195 cases of salivary gland lesions. The smears were technically adequate in 178 cases. Tissue examination was available for subsequent histocytologic correlation in 57 cases. The cytodiagnosis included inflammatory lesions (59) and benign (68) and malignant (51) tumors (total, 119). The accuracy of cytodiagnosis was 87.7% with a sensitivity of 80.9% and a specificity of 94.3%. Exact histologic typing was possible in 61.9% of the malignant tumors. Mucoepidermoid tumors and cellular-atypical pleomorphic adenoma posed difficulties in cytodiagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cytology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Jayaram
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ashim
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rajwanshi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Radhika
authors.forename: C K
authors.initials: CK
authors.lastname: Banerjee
mesh_terms: D000236:Adenoma / Q000473:pathology; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000473:pathology; D003528:Carcinoma, Adenoid Cystic / Q000473:pathology; D003581:Cytodiagnosis; D006801:Humans; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D012466:Salivary Gland Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D012468:Salivary Gland Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D012793:Sialadenitis / Q000473:pathology