title: Fine-needle aspiration biopsy: efficacy in the diagnosis of head and neck sarcoidosis.
abstract: The authors report the usefulness of fine-needle aspiration biopsy to establish the diagnosis of sarcoidosis in patients with palpable disease in the head and neck areas. Aspiration biopsy proved to be a simple and quick method for establishing this diagnosis in the eight cases reported in this series. Interpretation of cytologic smears with identification of typical sarcoid-like granulomas proved to be quite easy. No complications occurred secondary to use of this technique.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007765:Lacrimal Apparatus / Q000473:pathology; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009333:Neck / Q000473:pathology; D012466:Salivary Gland Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D012469:Salivary Glands / Q000473:pathology; D012507:Sarcoidosis / Q000473:pathology*; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology