title: Efficacy and safety of unguided percutaneous fine needle aspiration cytology in peripheral lung lesions.
abstract: The efficacy and safety of unguided percutaneous fine needle aspiration cytology in peripheral lung lesions were studied in 42 patients. The diagnostic yield of unguided aspiration was 83.3%. The yield in malignant lesion was 85.7% while in benign lesion it was 78.6%. There was no false positive report. Complications seen were asymptomatic pneumothorax and blood tinged sputum in a few cases following aspiration. The procedure was well accepted by the patients. Unguided FNAC is a simple, quick, economical, safe and reliable procedure for the diagnosis of peripheral lung lesions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases, SN Medical College, Agra.
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Kushwaha
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Sachan
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: R D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Sharma
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001707:Biopsy, Needle / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*; D002648:Child; D003584:Cytological Techniques; D006469:Hemoptysis / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011030:Pneumothorax / Q000209:etiology; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity