Application of the Probabilistic Approach to Reporting Breast Fine Needle Aspiration in Males

Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology of Male Breast Lesions – A Retrospective Study Over a Six Year Period

“…However, we did not have any, due to the immediate screening of unstained slides for material [Table/ Fig-2]. We noticed 100% sensitivity similar to that of Westend et al, [14] and Wauters et al, [15] and 100% specificity similar to the studies by Siddiqui et al, [19] and MacIntosh et al, [13].…”

“…We had only one case of male breast carcinoma that was 55 y old. This was in contrast to other studies done by Siddiqui [19], Westend [14], MacIntosh [13] and Wauters et al, [15] who had more number of cases [Table/ Fig-9]. …”

“…There was only one case of Infiltrating ductal carcinoma on FNA (2.5%) which was subsequently diagnosed to be Oncocytic carcinoma on [14] 2002 Siddiqui et al, [19] 2008 MacIntosh et al, [13] 2009 Wauters et al, [15] In the present study, we had 20% ( 8 out of 40) cases with histologic follow-up which is similar to that of a study by MacIntosh et al, [13] (17%) but in contrast to that of Westend et al, [14] (47%) and Wauters et al, [15] (58%). The number of unsatisfactory cases ranged from 11.7% to 33.3% in various studies.…”

Clinicopathological characteristics of male breast lesion: An experience in a regional cancer center, Odisha

“…[ [24][25][26][27] In this study, we had 55 (34.81%) cases with histologic follow-up which is lower than the study conducted by Westend and Jobse [25] (47%) and Wauters et al, [26] (58%) reported and higher than MacIntosh et al, [24] (17%) ( Table 4). Infiltrating ductal carcinoma is the most frequent invasive carcinoma in men, accounting for 70 -95% of MBC and lobular carcinoma is rare (around 1% of all cases) due to lack of terminal lobules in the male breast.…”

“…[23] In our series, the total number of patients who underwent FNAC for the assessment of a breast lump was 6319 over a 7 years period with males constituting 2.50%. Study conducted by MacIntosh et al, [24] male constituting (3.2%). However, Westend and Jobse [25] and Wauters et al, [26] had very few cases such as 1.5% and International Journal of Medical Science and Public Health1.7%, respectively.…”