Tatlıpınar, Arzu Ural Haydarpaşa Numune EAH - Kulak Burun Boğaz (KBB), Turkey , Gökçeer, Tanju Haydarpaşa Numune EAH - Kulak Burun Boğaz (KBB), Turkey , Gerçeker, Muharrem Ankara Üniversitesi - Tıp Fakültesi - Kulak Burun Boğaz (KBB), Turkey , Ertugay, Ömer Çağatay Haydarpaşa Numune EAH - Kulak Burun Boğaz (KBB), Turkey , Tuncel, Arzu Haydarpaşa Numune EAH - Kulak Burun Boğaz (KBB), Turkey , Güneş, Pembegül Haydarpaşa Numune EAH - Patoloji, Turkey

DIAGNOSTIC VALUE OF FINE-NEEDLE ASPIRATION BIOPSY IN THE MAJOR SALIVARY GLAND MASSES

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Purpose: To discuss the value of fine needle aspiration biopsy in the diagnosis of major salivary gland masses. Material and Method: Among the patients operated between 2005 and 2008, FNAB results of 54 patients were available and were compared to histopathologic diagnosis. Sensitivity, specificity and accuracy rate of FNAB were investigated for parotid, submandibular salivary glands and for the whole patient population. Results: FNAB was performed on 24 (44,4%) parotid and 30 (55,5%) submandibular salivary gland masses. Forty-nine of these masses (90,7%) were classified as benign, three (5,55%) were malignant, and two (3,7%) were reported as insufficient material. Among the cases determined to be malignant by histopathologic evaluation, there were two false negatives and one true positive result by FNAB. Sensitivity, specificity and correct diagnosis rates were 33,3%, 100%, 96,1%, respectively. Conclusion: A benign FNAB result does not necessarily exclude a malignancy in major salivary gland masses. So, the patients should be evaluated taking into account the clinical findings, FNAB results and other diagnostic methods like utrasonography, computed tomography.

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Fine Needle Aspiration Biopsy , Parotid Gland , Submandibular Gland

Fırat Medical Journal

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