[Thin-needle puncture aspiration cytology in the diagnosis of lymph node tumors].
356 patients were studied suffering from lymph node swelling of the neck, supraclavicular region, axilla and groin. A primary or secondary malignant process was confirmed in 196 cases, reactive or granulomatous changes were found in 151 cases, in 64 smears there were only a few lymphocytes and connective tissue. The last group was the source of 11 false negative results. Not a single false positive diagnosis was established. Histological correlation was made in 85 cases.
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis; D003581:Cytodiagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000175:diagnosis; D008545:Melanoma / Q000175:diagnosis
Tenkoihlová punkcná aspiracná cytológia v diagnostike nádorov lymfatických uzlín.