title: Spectrum of head and neck lesions diagnosed by fine-needle aspiration cytology in the pediatric population.
abstract: Fine-needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) of the head and neck region is well accepted as a diagnostic procedure in the adult population. FNAC in the pediatric population is gaining acceptance as clinicians add this technique to the diagnostic armamentarium. An experience with FNAC of the head and neck region in the pediatric population is described from 2 large inner-city hospitals. Eighty-five cases were retrieved from patients age <18 years. In 52 cases, clinical or surgical follow-up was obtained and among these cases the specificity and sensitivity of FNA was 93% and 100%, respectively. The high specificity of FNAC allows the clinician to be confident of malignancy in a clinically suspicious lesion of the head and neck in a pediatric patient.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, New York University, New York, New York 10016, USA. Rapkia01@med.nyu.edu
authors.forename: Amy
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rapkiewicz
authors.forename: Bich
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Thuy Le
authors.forename: Aylin
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Simsir
authors.forename: Joan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cangiarella
authors.forename: Pascale
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Levine
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D044963:Biopsy, Fine-Needle; D005871:Castleman Disease / Q000175:diagnosis; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003581:Cytodiagnosis / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity