Fine needle aspiration cytology in the management of a parotid mass: A two centre retrospective study

Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology of Salivary Gland Lesions and Its Diagnostic Pitfalls – A Tertiary Care Centre Experience From North East India

“…In these cases, surgery can be avoided altogether and patients treated accordingly. Secondly, if cytology diagnoses a malignancy, which is highly specific ( [11], [12], [13], [14], [15]), it helps in the surgical planning and enhances better pre-operative counseling [12].…”

Comparison of Fine-Needle Aspiration and Core Needle Biopsy under Ultrasonographic Guidance for Detecting Malignancy and for the Tissue-Specific Diagnosis of Salivary Gland Tumors

“…16 This variability was evident in recent studies that evaluated the sensitivity of FNA for distinguishing benign from malignant salivary gland tumors, with sensitivities ranging from 38% to 87.8%. 2,[16][17][18] These reports did not state whether US was used for guidance during the biopsy. Our current study suggests that US guidance could yield better diagnostic accuracy than palpation-guided biopsy, given the relatively high diagnostic sensitivity that we observed.…”

“…Fineneedle aspiration (FNA) is a well-accepted and widely used technique for the preoperative diagnosis of salivary gland masses, showing an average specificity for detecting malignant tumors among these masses of up to 96% with little variation from study to study. 1,2 Remarkable variation is seen in the sensitivity of FNA, however, which ranges from 33% to 100%, with an average of 79%. [1][2][3][4][5][6][7] A recently published meta-analysis has suggested the influence of verification bias on the reported diagnostic accuracies of FNA, leading to an underestimation of its sensitivity and overestimation of its specificity in previous articles.…”

“…1,2 Remarkable variation is seen in the sensitivity of FNA, however, which ranges from 33% to 100%, with an average of 79%. [1][2][3][4][5][6][7] A recently published meta-analysis has suggested the influence of verification bias on the reported diagnostic accuracies of FNA, leading to an underestimation of its sensitivity and overestimation of its specificity in previous articles. 8 In addition to verification bias, differences in test conditions have a major effect on the diagnostic performance of FNA.…”

Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology in Salivary Gland Swellings- A Cross Sectional Study in a Tertiary Care Centre

“…The therapeutic approach is varied depending on the pathology of the lesion ranging from conservative methods, different types of thyroidectomy to chemo radiation [17][18][19] . Against this context, a preoperative histological or scatological diagnosis is imperative in the treatment planning for the patient [20][21][22][23] . Radiation and chemotherapy play a significant role in the control and palliation of malignant tumours of the salivary glands [24][25][26] .…”