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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1993-6-23
pubmed:abstractText
Forty-five patients with oral or pharyngeal swellings were subjected to fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) of the mucosal surface over eight years. The age of the patients ranged from 2 to 85 years. The male:female ratio was 25:20. The common sites of involvement were palate (16 cases), cheek (9), pharynx (7) and tonsillar/peritonsillar area (6). Tongue, maxilla, alveolus and lips were less frequently involved. FNAC played an important role in differentiating inflammatory from neoplastic lesions and also benign from malignant neoplasms. Fifteen cases were cytologically diagnosed as benign neoplasms and included pleomorphic adenoma (11 cases), schwannoma (2), odontogenic tumor (1) and benign neoplasm not otherwise specified (1). Sixteen cases were diagnosed as malignancies. There were seven cases of malignant salivary gland tumors and 6 of squamous cell carcinoma. Two cases were high grade non-Hodgkin's lymphomas, and one was malignant odontogenic tumor. Of the 11 inflammatory or reactive lesions, 4 were found to be harboring Actinomyces. The rate of inadequate sampling was 6.7%. Histopathology reports on excised tissue were available for 10 cases only. Seven of nine cases with adequate cytology (77.88%) showed complete agreement with histology.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0001-5547
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
37
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
333-42
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:8388607-Adenoma, pubmed-meshheading:8388607-Adenoma, Pleomorphic, pubmed-meshheading:8388607-Adolescent, pubmed-meshheading:8388607-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:8388607-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:8388607-Aged, 80 and over, pubmed-meshheading:8388607-Biopsy, Needle, pubmed-meshheading:8388607-Child, pubmed-meshheading:8388607-Child, Preschool, pubmed-meshheading:8388607-Female, pubmed-meshheading:8388607-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:8388607-Lymphoma, pubmed-meshheading:8388607-Male, pubmed-meshheading:8388607-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:8388607-Mouth, pubmed-meshheading:8388607-Mouth Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:8388607-Neurilemmoma, pubmed-meshheading:8388607-Odontogenic Tumors, pubmed-meshheading:8388607-Palatal Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:8388607-Pharyngeal Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:8388607-Pharynx, pubmed-meshheading:8388607-Salivary Gland Neoplasms
pubmed:articleTitle
Fine needle aspiration cytology of oral and pharyngeal lesions. A study of 45 cases.
pubmed:affiliation
Institute of Cytology and Preventive Oncology, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, India.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article