Peroral fine needle aspiration cytology of parapharyngeal lesions.

  • 1 September 1993
    • journal article
    • Vol. 37  (5) , 694-8
Abstract
Peroral fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) was carried out on 63 patients with parapharyngeal lesions from January 1986 to March 1992. The age of the patients ranged from 4 to 87 years. Analysis of the results showed 12 inflammatory lesions, 28 benign tumors and 23 malignant neoplasms. Correlation with histopathology showed a diagnostic accuracy of 88.2%, with no false-positive reports. FNAC can replace incisional biopsy, which may be hazardous in this area. Surgery can be avoided for inflammatory lesions.

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