title: [Aspiration cytology of salivary gland lesions--analysis of 55 cases].
abstract: Aspiration cytology of 55 salivary gland lesions (10 cases of non-neoplastic lesions, 36 cases of benign tumors and 9 cases of malignant tumors) were reviewed with histologic examination. Accuracy of benign and malignancy was 91.8% (benign lesion 97.6%, malignant tumor 57.1%), accuracy rates was almost of satisfactory for benign lesions, but not for malignant tumors. Agreement rate with histological type was 73.5%. One case (1.8%) was false positive, basal cell adenoma with adenoid cystic like pattern was falsely taken for adenoid cystic carcinoma. Three false negative cases (5.5%) consist of 1 acinic cell carcinoma, 1 adenoid cystic carcinoma with minimum cellular atypia and 1 partial malignant change (minor area) in pleomorphic adenoma. Six cases (10.9%) belong to group of insufficient material. Technical improvement of cell sampling is expected.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pathology, Clinical Laboratory, Funabashi Municipal Medical Center.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Katoh
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ida
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Masuda
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Takeda
mesh_terms: D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D006801:Humans; D012466:Salivary Gland Diseases / Q000473:pathology; D012469:Salivary Glands / Q000473:pathology*