Aspiration cytology of breast lumps.
Ceylon Med J
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1993 Sep; 38(3): 117-9
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in English
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-48351
ABSTRACT
The results of 287 aspirations performed on palpable breast lumps over a period of 20 months are presented. This is the first documentation of a Sri Lankan experience of this technique. The cytological assessment showed 52 malignant, 149 benign, 8 atypical, 6 suspicious and 72 inadequate aspirates. All lesions with a cytological diagnosis of malignancy were confirmed by histological assessment (False positives = 0). Histological follow up in 96 of the 149 cytologically benign lesions showed that 2 were malignant, giving a false negative rate of 2.1%. Three atypical lesions (37.5%) and four suspicious (66.2%) and 10 inadequate aspirates (13.7%) were also malignant.
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IMSEAR (South-East Asia)
Main subject:
Biopsy, Needle
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Breast Diseases
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Humans
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Incidence
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Follow-Up Studies
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Cytological Techniques
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Sensitivity and Specificity
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
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Incidence study
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Risk factors
Language:
English
Journal:
Ceylon Med J
Year:
1993
Type:
Article
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