Value of flow cytometry with fine needle aspiration biopsy in patients with head and neck lymphoma.
Lymphomas frequently present in the head and neck clinically as painless adenopathy or as a swelling of an extranodal site, such as salivary gland or Waldeyer's ring. Most non-Hodgkin's lymphomas are B-cell neoplasms with distinctive clonal proteins that can be readily detected using flow cytometric analysis. In our experience, flow cytometric analysis has been a useful, convenient adjunct in the diagnosis of head and neck non-Hodgkin's lymphomas by fine needle aspiration biopsy.
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Head & Neck Surgical Group and Division of Otolaryngology, Department of Surgery, River Oaks Hospital, USA.
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000465:Algorithms; D001707:Biopsy, Needle / Q000379:methods*; D001856:Bone Marrow Examination; D003663:Decision Trees; D005260:Female; D005434:Flow Cytometry / Q000379:methods*; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000145:classification / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000145:classification / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging