title: Diagnostic value of fine needle aspiration biopsy in non-thyroidal head and neck lesions: a retrospective study of 866 aspiration materials.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  We aimed to investigate the diagnostic value of fine needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) and compared our FNAB results of non-thyroidal head and neck lesions with excisional biopsy results.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 866 aspiration material taken from different parts of head and neck region out of thyroid were evaluated at Haydarpasa Numune Training and Research Hospital Pathology Laboratory, between January 2002 and May 2013 and 248 of which has histopathologic response were included in the study. Patients depending on origin of the masses were divided into three categories as; salivary gland, lymph nodes and soft tissue/cystic lesions. The sensitivity, specificity, diagnostic accuracy values of fine needle aspiration biopsies have been investigated for all the series and individually for each category.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Diagnostic sensitivity, specificity, accuracy, positive predictive value and negative predictive values of non-thyroidal head and neck masses were respectively; For all of the series; 94.6%, 97.9%, 96.7%, 95.9%, 97.2%, Salivary gland: 88.9%, 100%, 98.8%, 100%, 98.7%, Lymph nodes: 94.7%, 89.3%, 92.9%, 94.7%, 89.2%, Soft tissue/cystic lesions: 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%. For all of the series; there were 4 false negative (FN) cases; and 3 false positive (FP) cases.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  FNAB in the diagnosis of head and neck masses; it is an easy, cheap and usefull procedure.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Haydarpasa Numune Training and Research Hospital Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ceren Canbey
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Göret
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Kartal Dr. Lutfi Kirdar Education and Research Hospital Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Nuri Emrah
authors.initials: NE
authors.lastname: Göret
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Bozok University Training and Research Hospital Yozgat, Turkey.
authors.forename: Zeynep Tuğba
authors.initials: ZT
authors.lastname: Özdemir
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Clinic, Bozok University Training and Research Hospital, Pediatric Clinic Yozgat, Turkey.
authors.forename: Esra Akyüz
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Özkan
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Atatürk University School of Medicine Erzurum, Turkey.
authors.forename: Meryem
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Doğan
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, İskenderun State Hospital Hatay, Turkey.
authors.forename: Serdar
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yanık
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Haydarpasa Numune Training and Research Hospital Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Gülistan
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gümrükçü
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Haydarpasa Numune Training and Research Hospital Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Figen Vardar
authors.initials: FV
authors.lastname: Aker
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D044963:Biopsy, Fine-Needle; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Fine needle aspiration biopsy; accuracy; head mass; neck mass; sensitivity; specificity