Fine‐needle aspiration cytology versus core‐needle biopsy for the diagnosis of extracranial head and neck schwannoma

Background We aimed to investigate the feasibility of diagnosing head and neck schwannomas using core‐needle biopsy (CNB), and to compare this technique to fine‐needle aspiration cytology (FNAC). Methods We designed a prospective case series in which 52 FNAC and 29 CNB samples from 48 patients with...

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Veröffentlicht in:Head & neck 2018-12, Vol.40 (12), p.2695-2700
Hauptverfasser: Ahn, Dongbin, Lee, Gil Joon, Sohn, Jin Ho, Jeong, Ji Yun
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Background We aimed to investigate the feasibility of diagnosing head and neck schwannomas using core‐needle biopsy (CNB), and to compare this technique to fine‐needle aspiration cytology (FNAC). Methods We designed a prospective case series in which 52 FNAC and 29 CNB samples from 48 patients with head and neck schwannoma were analyzed. Patient demographics, pathological results, and complications were also evaluated. Results Of the 81 total specimens, 24/52 (46.2%) of the FNAC and 0/29 (0.0%) of the CNB samples were unsatisfactory (P 
ISSN:1043-3074
1097-0347
DOI:10.1002/hed.25520