|
| Ultrasound-guided Fine-needle Aspiration Biopsy in Salivary Gland Mass |
|
| Young-Jin Kim, M.D.* Eun-Kyung Kim, M.D.*, Cheong Soo Park, M.D.**, Woong Youn Chung, M.D.** |
|
| Department of Diagnostic Radiology* and General Surgery**, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea |
|
| PURPOSE : To evaluate the usefulness of ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) for salivary gland
masses.
MATERIALS and METHODS : Medical records of thirty patients who underwent both ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration
biopsy and subsequent surgical removal of salivary gland tumors between 2000 and 2002 were retrospectively
reviewed. The results of FNABs were compared to the histopathological diagnosis obtained from the
surgical specimens.
RESULTS : The results of FNAB were concordant with the histopathologic diagnosis in all patients. FNAB showed a
high specificity (100%) and positive predictive value (100%) for malignancy whereas it showed a low sensitivity
(66.7%).
CONCLUSION : Overall, ultrasound-guided FNAB for salivary gland masses was highly useful. However, the low
sensitivity of FNAB for malignancy should be taken into consideration, and when pleomorphic adenoma was
diagnosed by FNAB, the possibility of malignancy can not be excluded. |
|
| Keyword : Salivary glands, neoplasms Ultrasound (US), guidance Biopsies, technology |
|
pdf파일 : 161-164김영진.pdf 
|
|
> Journal > Journal Search 
Journal of Korean Society of Ultrasound in Medicine 2003 ; 22 (3) : p.161-164
