title: Fine needle aspiration of salivary gland tumors.
abstract: The usefulness of fine needle aspiration (FNA) as a preoperative diagnostic procedure was studied in 43 patients with salivary gland tumors. Nine of the tumors were malignant and 34 benign. The diagnostic sensitivity of FNA was 88.9% (8/9), the specificity 94.1% (32/34) and the accuracy 93.0% (40/43). These results indicate that FNA is a highly sensitive and specific screening procedure.
authors.affiliation: Department of Head and Neck Surgery, Aichi Cancer Center, Nagoya, Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shintani
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Matsuura
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hasegawa
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000473:pathology; D008949:Adenoma, Pleomorphic / Q000473:pathology; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001707:Biopsy, Needle / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000473:pathology; D018267:Carcinoma, Acinar Cell / Q000473:pathology; D004396:Coloring Agents; D003949:Diagnostic Techniques, Surgical; D004209:Disposable Equipment; D005188:False Negative Reactions; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009339:Needles; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011300:Preoperative Care; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012468:Salivary Gland Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity
chemical_list: D004396:Coloring Agents