EVIDENCE THAT THE SENSITIVITY IS INCREASED AND THE INADEQUACY RATE DECREASED WHEN PATHOLOGISTS TAKE ASPIRATES FOR CYTODIAGNOSIS

Authors
PADEL AF COGHILL SB POWIS SJA
Citation
Af. Padel et al., EVIDENCE THAT THE SENSITIVITY IS INCREASED AND THE INADEQUACY RATE DECREASED WHEN PATHOLOGISTS TAKE ASPIRATES FOR CYTODIAGNOSIS, Cytopathology, 4(3), 1993, pp. 161-165
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Pathology,"Cytology & Histology
Journal title
Cytopathology → ACNP
ISSN journal
09565507
Volume
4
Issue
3
Year of publication
1993
Pages
161 - 165
Database
ISI
SICI code
0956-5507(1993)4:3<161:ETTSII>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
The results of the diagnostic accuracy of breast fine needle aspiratio n specimens taken by the pathologist in a joint surgical clinic are co mpared with those taken by a surgeon. In the joint clinic the complete sensitivity rose by 15% and the number of missed malignancies fell by half.