The role of cytology in the diagnosis of musculoskeletal neoplasms: systematic review.
The authors systematically reviewed the literature of the last decade on the role of cytology in the evaluation of musculoskeletal neoplasms, and its diagnostic accuracy. A search was carried out on the databases PubMed, MEDLINE, LILACS and SciELO, selecting articles in which cytology was used in the diagnosis of musculoskeletal neoplasms. Limits were used for English, Spanish and Portuguese, and only articles published since 2000 were selected. 757 articles were retrieved, 24 of which were selected based on criteria of inclusion and exclusion. It was concluded that although promising in the assessment of musculoskeletal neoplasms, cytology obtained by fine needle aspiration is less accurate and reliable than histological evaluation of such lesions.
Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology of Hospital das Clínicas daUniversidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE) - Pernambuco, Brazil.
Pablo Moura de Andrade
PM
Lima
Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology of Hospital das Clínicas daUniversidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE) - Pernambuco, Brazil.
Marcelo Parente
MP
Oliveira
Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology of Hospital das Clínicas daUniversidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE) - Pernambuco, Brazil.
Hilton Justino
HJ
da Silva
Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology of Hospital das Clínicas daUniversidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE) - Pernambuco, Brazil.
Roberto José Vieira
RJ
de Mello
Biopsy, needle; Bone neoplasms; Muscle, skeletal; Sarcoma