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Role Of Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology In The Diagnosis Of Parotid Gland Tumors: Analysis Of 193 Cases, Rahim Dhanani, Haissan Iftikhar, Mohammad Sohail Awan, Nida Zahid, Sehrish Nizar Ali Momin

Section of Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery

Introduction: Parotid gland tumors include a wide variety of inflammatory and neoplastic diseases. The majority of these tumors are benign (80%), which usually require superficial parotidectomy, while the incidence of malignant tumors is lower (20%), requiring more radical surgery with or without neck dissection. The diagnosis cannot be established on the basis of clinical history and simple physical examination and requires complementary diagnostic methods. Fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) guided by ultrasound is a widely used diagnostic tool to evaluate parotid swellings.
Objective: To determine the sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative predictive values and diagnostic accuracy of FNAC in the …

Diagnostic Accuracy Of Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology In Parotid Lesions, Naeem Sultan Ali, Shabbir Akhtar, Montasir Junaid, Sohail Awan, Kanwal Aftab

Section of Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery

Objective:Histopathology of parotid gland tumors is extremely varied and complex due to heterogeneous cellular composition. Preoperative diagnostic tools include fine needle aspiration cytology, the role of which remains controversial. The aim of this paper is to evaluate the usefulness and accuracy of fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) in the diagnosis of parotid gland tumors.

Methods:

We retrospectively reviewed charts of 129 Patients who underwent parotidectomy for parotid lesions at Aga Khan University Hospital from 2002 to 2010. We compared the results of preoperative FNAC with final histopathological diagnosis.

Results:

Concordance with histological results was observed in 86%, specificity was …