title: Evaluation of accuracy of fine needle aspiration cytology in BI-RADS3 category breast lesions: cytohistological correlation in 337 cases.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the accuracy of fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) in BI-RADS3 breast lesions.
  
  
  METHODS
  Between January 2004 and December 2007, 337 cases from BI-RADS3 lesions underwent FNAC. Three to six needle passes were made on each patient. In 67 cases (20%) a histological biopsy was performed. Cytological and histological interpretations were performed by the same pathologist.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The histological diagnosis showed that 88% (59/67) of BI-RADS3 breast lesions were benign. Only 6% (4/67) were malignant, consisting of ductal carcinoma in situ and infiltrating ductal carcinoma.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  BI-RADS3 lesions remain disruptive in their management. However, the correlation between cytology and histology showed that most of these lesions were benign and that finally FNAC remains a useful and accurate test in the management of these lesions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Erasme University Hospital, Free University of Brussels (ULB), Brussels, Belgium. corinenken@yahoo.fr
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Engohan-Aloghe
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hottat
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cosaert
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Boutemy
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Fayt
authors.forename: J-C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Noël
mesh_terms: D044963:Biopsy, Fine-Needle / Q000379:methods*; D001940:Breast / Q000473:pathology*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity