França AVC, Valério HMG, Trevisan M, Escanhoela C, Sevá-Pereira T, Zucoloto S, Martinelli A, Soares EC. Fine needle aspiration biopsy for improving the diagnostic accuracy of cut needle biopsy of focal liver lesions.
Acta Cytol 2003;
47:332-6. [PMID:
12789910 DOI:
10.1159/000326529]
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Abstract
OBJECTIVE
To determine the value of fine needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) in comparison to cut needle biopsy (CNB) for the diagnosis of malignancy of focal liver lesions.
STUDY DESIGN
A retrospective analysis was conducted on 68 FNAB and 49 CNB procedures performed on 62 patients with focal liver lesions.
RESULTS
Cytology permitted a diagnosis of the lesion in 78% of cases. When punctures with insufficient material were excluded (11), the diagnostic accuracy of FNAB was 93%. For the 49 patients who underwent both procedures, FNAB and CNB had the same diagnostic accuracy, 78%, when considered separately and of 88% when considered in combination. Sensitivity, specificity and positive predictive value were similar for the 2 techniques. The negative predictive value was 64% for FNAB and CNB used separately and reached 78% when the 2 techniques were combined. There were no complications during the execution of FNAB and CNB.
CONCLUSION
FNAB is an effective and safe method for the diagnosis of focal hepatic lesions, with diagnostic accuracy similar to that of CNB. When the 2 techniques are combined, the accuracy of the diagnosis of malignancy of focal liver lesions increases.
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