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3950673

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1986-4-3
pubmed:abstractText
Diagnosing recurrent Hodgkin's disease is an important oncologic problem. When relapse does not occur in peripheral nodal sites, then a major surgical exploration is often considered. Lymph node aspiration is proposed as a less invasive approach capable of establishing a diagnosis in some instances. In this retrospective study, 19 patients with Hodgkin's disease underwent 64 lymph node aspirations. Of these patients, 17 had suspected Hodgkin's disease with involvement at an inaccessible site. Two patients with a primary diagnosis of Hodgkin's disease underwent aspiration of a peripheral site. Of these 19 patients, five (26.3%) had a positive aspirate and only two (10.5%) had an unsatisfactory aspirate. No patient had a false-positive aspirate. Of 15 patients with a negative aspirate, five (33%) had a false-negative aspirate. In no case did a false-negative aspirate delay appropriate therapy. In those patients with a positive aspirate, surgical exploration was avoided. We conclude that lymph node aspiration cytology is useful as an initial step to document clinical relapse of Hodgkin's disease at a site that might require a major surgical procedure for diagnosis.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0732-183X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
4
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
306-10
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1986
pubmed:articleTitle
Lymph node aspiration in the management of Hodgkin's disease.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article