title: Testicular fine needle aspiration as a diagnostic method.
abstract: We believe testicular FNA is a reliable, simple, and accurate method for the assessment of testicular pathology and can replace the biopsy. Only when insufficient conclusions may be drawn from the cytologic smears obtained is open biopsy indicated.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gottschalk-Sabag
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Glick
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bar-On
authors.forename: D B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Weiss
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D001707:Biopsy, Needle / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009845:Oligospermia / Q000473:pathology*; D013093:Spermatogonia / Q000166:cytology / Q000473:pathology; D013737:Testis / Q000166:cytology / Q000473:pathology*