Abstract
Study objective: To evaluate the immediate cytologic assessment during CT-guided fine-needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) in the diagnosis of operable indeterminate solitary pulmonary nodules (SPNs). Design: Prospective randomized study. Patients and methods: Two hundred twenty patients with SPN undergoing CT-guided FNAC were divided into two groups. In the first one (group A, 110 patients), a cytologist assessed the adequacy of the sample obtained immediately, and when the sample was considered inadequate, fine- needle aspiration (FNA) was repeated. In the second group (B, 110 patients), an immediate cytologic examination was not performed, but only a gross assessment by the surgeon. Histologic study of the SPN was possible in 217 cases, whereas three patients were followed up radiologically. Results: Adequate samples were obtained in 100% of group A and 88% of group B (p
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 423-425 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Chest |
| Volume | 112 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| Publication status | Published - 1997 |
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Keywords
- Biopsies, technology
- Lung, biopsy
- Lung, neoplasm
- Lung, nodule
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- Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
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CT-Guided fine-needle aspiration cytology of solitary pulmonary nodules : A prospective, randomized study of immediate cytologic evaluation. / Santambrogio, Luigi; Nosotti, Mario; Bellaviti, Nadia; Pavoni, Gianni; Radice, Ferdinando; Caputo, Valentina.
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T1 - CT-Guided fine-needle aspiration cytology of solitary pulmonary nodules
T2 - A prospective, randomized study of immediate cytologic evaluation
AU - Santambrogio, Luigi
AU - Nosotti, Mario
AU - Bellaviti, Nadia
AU - Pavoni, Gianni
AU - Radice, Ferdinando
AU - Caputo, Valentina
PY - 1997
Y1 - 1997
N2 - Study objective: To evaluate the immediate cytologic assessment during CT-guided fine-needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) in the diagnosis of operable indeterminate solitary pulmonary nodules (SPNs). Design: Prospective randomized study. Patients and methods: Two hundred twenty patients with SPN undergoing CT-guided FNAC were divided into two groups. In the first one (group A, 110 patients), a cytologist assessed the adequacy of the sample obtained immediately, and when the sample was considered inadequate, fine- needle aspiration (FNA) was repeated. In the second group (B, 110 patients), an immediate cytologic examination was not performed, but only a gross assessment by the surgeon. Histologic study of the SPN was possible in 217 cases, whereas three patients were followed up radiologically. Results: Adequate samples were obtained in 100% of group A and 88% of group B (p
AB - Study objective: To evaluate the immediate cytologic assessment during CT-guided fine-needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) in the diagnosis of operable indeterminate solitary pulmonary nodules (SPNs). Design: Prospective randomized study. Patients and methods: Two hundred twenty patients with SPN undergoing CT-guided FNAC were divided into two groups. In the first one (group A, 110 patients), a cytologist assessed the adequacy of the sample obtained immediately, and when the sample was considered inadequate, fine- needle aspiration (FNA) was repeated. In the second group (B, 110 patients), an immediate cytologic examination was not performed, but only a gross assessment by the surgeon. Histologic study of the SPN was possible in 217 cases, whereas three patients were followed up radiologically. Results: Adequate samples were obtained in 100% of group A and 88% of group B (p
KW - Biopsies, technology
KW - Lung, biopsy
KW - Lung, neoplasm
KW - Lung, nodule
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