title: [Tuberculosis. Role of fine needle puncture in the current diagnostic approach].
abstract: Twenty-one fine needle aspiration biopsies were performed with a diagnosis of tuberculosis or granulomatous inflammation. The ages of the patients ranged from 26 to 66 years (mean, 36 years); 16 were men and 5 women. Two of them were positive for the human immunodeficiency virus. In twenty cases, the cytological diagnosis was confirmed by culture and/or by recovery under a specific anti-tuberculous treatment. In one case, the necrosis observed cytologically was a tumoral necrosis after histological control. According to these results with a global accuracy of 95.2%, fine needle aspiration biopsy which offers the possibility of a thorough diagnosis in a short time (24 hours or less) is a useful method for the diagnosis of tuberculosis.
authors.affiliation: Service Central d'Anatomie et Cytologie Pathologiques, Hôpital Lariboisière, Paris.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sudaka
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Cochand-Priollet
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Chedin
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chagnon
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Raskine
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Bergman
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009336:Necrosis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000473:pathology*
vernacular_title: La tuberculose. Place de la ponction à l'aiguille fine dans les approches diagnostiques actuelles.