title: Cytodiagnosis of bronchogenic carcinoma and neuroendocrine tumor of the lung by transthoracic fine-needle aspiration.
abstract: To evaluate our experience with the cytodiagnosis of primary lung cancers by transthoracic fine-needle aspiration (TFNA), 106 bronchogenic carcinomas (BC) and 6 neuroendocrine tumors of the lung (NTL) with adequate needle aspirates were reviewed. The cytodiagnostic accuracy rates of BCs were 75.5%, 72%, 100%, 53%, and 50% for bronchogenic adenocarcinomas, squamous-cell carcinomas, small-cell carcinomas, large-cell carcinomas, and mixed carcinomas, respectively. Of the 6 NTLs, 4 typical carcinoid tumors (CT) were correctly diagnosed, 1 atypical CT was wrongly identified as small-cell carcinoma, and 1 large-cell NTL was mistaken for an adenocarcinoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Alberta Hospitals, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. knguyen@cha.ab.ca
authors.forename: G K
authors.initials: GK
authors.lastname: Nguyen
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Gray
authors.forename: E Y
authors.initials: EY
authors.lastname: Wong
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Crocket
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: McNamee
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001707:Biopsy, Needle / Q000379:methods*; D002283:Carcinoma, Bronchogenic / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms; D018358:Neuroendocrine Tumors / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011677:Punctures; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013909:Thorax