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FINE-NEEDLE ASPIRATION BIOPSY OF THE THYROID

Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinics of North America, 2001
The routine use of thyroid FNAB caused profound changes in the management of thyroid nodules. FNAB allows a prompt identification and treatment of thyroid malignancies and avoids unnecessary surgery in patients with benign lesions, improving quality of life in patients with thyroid nodules.
BELFIORE A, LA ROSA, Giacomo
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Fine‐needle biopsy of thyroid gland

Journal of Surgical Oncology, 1979
AbstractCritical analysis is provided by the authors on cytologic examination combined with histology of 131 patients with thyroid alterations. Cytologic examination yielded seven false‐negative and four false‐positive findings. Sensitivity of the procedure was 0.78 and the specificity 0.97.
M, Bodo, L, Döbrössy, I, Sinkovics, G, Tarján, K, Daubner   +4 more
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STEREOTACTIC FINE NEEDLE BIOPSY OF THE BREAST

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery, 1992
The experience of the use of the TRC‐Mammotest machine for stereotactic fine needle biopsy (SFNB) of the breast in Perth is presented. During the period 20 October 1988 to 10 January 1990, 404 SFNB were performed on 389 women with impalpable, mammographically detected lesions of the breast.
D J, Oliver, J R, Frayne, G, Sterrett
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FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION BIOPSY IN CHILDREN

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery, 1997
Background: Fine needle biopsy (FNB) in children has been slow to gain acceptance compared with the use of the technique in adults where it is regarded as standard clinical practice in screening significant lymphadenopathy and suspicious masses. We report our early experience with FNB in the paediatric population.
J E, Orford, I, Gollow, B, Brennan, L, Hallam   +3 more
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Comparison between fine-needle biopsy and fine-needle aspiration for EUS-guided sampling of subepithelial lesions: a meta-analysis.

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, 2019
BACKGROUND AND AIMS There is limited evidence on the diagnostic performance of endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle biopsy in patients with subepithelial lesions.
A. Facciorusso, S. Sunny, V. Del Prete, M. Antonino, N. Muscatiello   +4 more
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Fine needle aspiration biopsy and the otolaryngologist

The Journal of Laryngology & Otology, 1987
SummaryA survey of the diagnostic value of fine needle aspiration cytology in ENT practice was carried out over a 3-year period. The 119 aspirates were taken from a variety of head and neck sites and examined by an experienced cytopathologist. Cytology was accurate in 111 (93 per cent), with two false negative aspirates (1.7 per cent) and no false ...
J A, Wilson, M A, McIntyre, N P, von Haacke, A G, Maran   +3 more
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Pediatric Fine-Needle Aspiration Biopsy

American Journal of Clinical Pathology, 1991
A total of 135 fine-needle aspiration (FNA) biopsies from varying sites were performed in 123 children (mean, 10.5 years; range, one day to 18 years) over a five-year period. One hundred thirty (96.3%) biopsy specimens were satisfactory for evaluation. Seventy-nine cases were nonneoplastic (60.8%); among these cases, a specific diagnosis of infectious ...
J F, Silverman, A M, Gurley, C T, Holbrook, V V, Joshi   +3 more
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Risk in fine‐needle abdominal biopsy

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound, 1983
AbstractThe complications of fine‐needle abdominal biopsy (FNAB) in 11, 700 patients from our own series and from a review of the literature are reported. The mortality rate (one case of necrotizing pancreatitis) was 0.008%, the rate of major complications (two cases of biliary peritonitis, two tumor seeding, one intrahepatic hematoma, and one ...
T, Livraghi, B, Damascelli, C, Lombardi, I, Spagnoli   +3 more
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Fine Needle Aspiration Biopsy of the Pancreas

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology, 1976
Fine needle aspiration biopsy from the pancreas was carried out peroperatively in 60 patients. A suspicion of malignancy due to a palpaple mass in the pancreas was raised in 45 cases and confirmed by cytology in 27 cases. Of the remaining 18 cases in which malignancy was suspected, the majority were caused by penetrating gastroduodenal ulcers or ...
P, Frederiksen, P, Thommesen, H, Skjoldborg   +2 more
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Fine‐Needle aspiration biopsy revisited.

The Laryngoscope, 1982
AbstractBetween November 1972 and December 1981, 1303 fine needle aspiration biopsies were performed on pntients with head and neck masses at the Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University. The results of 649 lymph node, 227 salivary gland, 286 thyroid, and 41 miscellaneous aspiration biopsies are reviewed.
M A, Frable, W J, Frable
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