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Ultrasonography-Guided Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology of Cervical Lymphadenopathy: Comparative Study of the Cytological Adequacy Using of 21- and 23- Gauge Needles

Baek, Jin-Wook (Department of Radiology, Busan Paik Hospital, Inje University School of Medicine)
Kim, Dong-Wook (Department of Radiology, Busan Paik Hospital, Inje University School of Medicine)
Kim, Bo-Mi (Department of Pathology, Busan Paik Hospital, Inje University School of Medicine)

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Journal of the Korean Society of Radiology / v.64, no.3, 2011 , pp. 221-225 More about this Journal

Abstract

Purpose: To assess the difference in the cytological adequacy of ultrasonography (US)-guided fine needle aspiration cytology (US-FNAC) for cervical lymphadenopathy using 21 and 23 gauge needles. Materials and Methods: US-FNACs were separately performed on two cervical lymph nodes and in each patient using 21 gauge (group A) and 23 gauge (group B) needles, respectively. We used 4 grade classifications for the cytological analysis of each slide and compared the cytological adequacy of US-FNAC for cervical lymphadenopathy in the two groups. Results: We performed US-FNACs on 58 cervical lymph nodes from 29 patients, with a cytological adequacy of 69.0%. The number of adequate cytological results was 19 (65.5%) in group A and 21 (72.4%) in group B, and the diagnostic adequacy did not differ significantly between the two groups (Mann-Whitney test, p = 0.574). Conclusion: There was no statistically significant difference in the cytological adequacy of US-FNAC for cervical lymphadenopathy according using of 21 and 23 gauge needles.

Keywords

Lymph Nodes; Biopsy, Fine-Needle; Ultrasonography;

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