Fine needle aspiration of breast masses. An analysis of 276 aspirates.
A study of 276 consecutive fine needle aspirations (FNAs) of the breast in 240 cases is presented. Of these cases, 108 underwent subsequent biopsy of the breast; correlations between the FNA cytology and the surgical pathology findings revealed that FNA had a sensitivity of 79.4%, a specificity of 100% and a predictive value of a positive diagnosis of 100%. The overall diagnostic accuracy was 92.4%. These results are compared with those in other published series, and the pitfalls in and methods of improvement of breast FNA are discussed.
Department of Pathology, Shands Hospital, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville 32610.
E J
EJ
Wilkinson
C M
CM
Schuettke
C M
CM
Ferrier
D A
DA
Franzini
K I
KI
Bland
D000367:Age Factors; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans