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6320564

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1984-3-6
pubmed:abstractText
Transthoracic fine needle aspiration specimens with abnormal cytology were obtained from 272 patients between 1976 and 1980 at the University of Rochester Medical Center. A comparison was made between the original specific cytologic and final histologic diagnoses on 116 patients; an additional 16 patients with the cytologic diagnosis of small-cell carcinoma were evaluated by clinical criteria. Analysis of the data indicated that malignant neoplasms were identified correctly with an accuracy of 99%. There was a single false-positive diagnosis. Predictive values for a specific morphologic variant of pulmonary neoplasm were 70% for squamous-cell carcinoma, 86% for adenocarcinoma and 95% for small-cell carcinoma. The probable bases for diagnostic error are discussed. Confidence intervals calculated from these data compared favorably with those in recently reported studies. The results reconfirmed the value of fine needle aspiration cytopathology for the diagnosis of pulmonary neoplasms.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0001-5547
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
28
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
72-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
Pulmonary fine needle aspiration cytopathology. A five-year correlation study.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study