Medical Journal of the Islamic Republic Of Iran
مجله پزشکی جمهوری اسلامی ایران
Med J Islam Repub Iran
Medical Sciences
http://mjiri.iums.ac.ir
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1016-1430
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10.18869/mjiri
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THE DIAGNOSTIC VALUE OF FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION BIOPSY OF HEAD AND NECK MASSES
Otorhinolaryngology
Otorhinolaryngology
Original Research
Original Research
In an attempt to determine the diagnostic value of FNA biopsy of head and
neck masses, we reviewed FNAs performed on target lesions of the head and
neck in1 59 patients who subsequently underwent surgery in Khalili hospital dur-.
ing a 55 month period.
Results ofFNAs were compared with postsurgical histologic diagnoses. These
159 cases were broken down into four categories: thyroid masses 34 , lymph nodes
3 6, salivary gland masses 58 , and masses not classified in the first three categories
31 .
Values of specificity, sensitivity, positive predictive vlaue (in diagnosing
malignancy) and negative predictive value (in diagnosis of benign disease) were
calculated for each category and for all masses.
Overall, we obtained a sensitivity of 77%, specificity of 94%, positive predictive
value of 84% and negative predictive value of90% that was comparable
with several other studies performed elsewhere, except that our elevated numbers
of false negative in the salivary gland category lowered the sensitivity of FNA in
this category to 57% and the overall sensitivity to 77%.
The other disparity between our results and those of other studies I is our
slightly elevated false negative rate (6.9%), overall sensitivity.
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BIJAN
KHADEMI
20031947532846004353
20031947532846004353
Yes
From the Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, I.R. Iran.
BEHROOZ
GANDOMI
20031947532846004354
20031947532846004354
No