title: Fine needle aspiration biopsy in gynecologic malignancies. Recurrent and metastatic lesions.
abstract: This study evaluated the efficacy of fine needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) in 80 suspected cases of recurrent and metastatic gynecologic malignancies. RNAB was performed at 90 sites in 80 patients; 42 of the sites were deep seated. The cytologic diagnosis correlated well with either histology (7 cases) or clinical follow-up. FNAB diagnosis of deep-seated lesions precluded exploratory laparotomy, and further therapy was administered accordingly. Thus, FNAB in gynecologic malignancies was safe, reliable and cost effective.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cytology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dey
authors.forename: K K
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Dhar
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Nijhawan
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Karmakar
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Khajuria
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology*; D001707:Biopsy, Needle / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology*; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D005260:Female; D005833:Genital Neoplasms, Female / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary; D012008:Recurrence; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary; D014846:Vulvar Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary