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Addressing The Challenges Of Practicing Breast Cytology In A Tertiary Teaching Hospital In Kenya, Neeta Kumar, Shahin Sayed, Zahir Moloo, Rajendra Chauhan
Addressing The Challenges Of Practicing Breast Cytology In A Tertiary Teaching Hospital In Kenya, Neeta Kumar, Shahin Sayed, Zahir Moloo, Rajendra Chauhan
General Surgery, East Africa
Objectives: To assess diagnostic accuracy of breast cytology through histological correlation and identify reasons for diagnostic pitfalls.
Methods: A total of 2700 cases were reported in cytology during the study period of 14 months, of which 1100 (40%) were from breast lesions. Only 96 (9%) cases had histological follow up in the form of core biopsy, lumpectomy and/or mastectomy. The cases in which cytology diagnosis did not match with histology diagnosis were reviewed by two pathologists and reasons for the diagnostic pitfalls in cytology were recorded. Sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value (PPV) and negative predictive value (NPV) of cytology were …