title: Fine needle aspiration biopsy of orbital and eyelid lesions.
abstract: Thirty-five patients with orbital and eyelid lesions were subjected to fine needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB). Histopathology or other investigations were available in 18 cases; in 17 cases (94%) a concordant diagnosis was reached. There was one false-positive diagnosis in 18 cases (5.5%). FNAB is a reliable and safe diagnostic technique and can be used routinely in outpatient departments for the diagnosis of orbital lesions. It is particularly useful in nonresectable and retrobulbar orbital lesions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cytology and Gynaecologic Pathology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dey
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Radhika
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rajwanshi
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ray
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Nijhawan
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Das
mesh_terms: D001707:Biopsy, Needle / Q000592:standards*; D005141:Eyelid Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D005142:Eyelid Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D009916:Orbital Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D009918:Orbital Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*