Sensitivity and Specificity of Cytological Diagnosis in Fine Needle Aspiration of Female Breast Mass

• Main Authors: Shahriyar Dabiri, Bahman Sedighi
• Format: Article
• Language: fas
• Published: Hamadan University of Medical Sciences 2002-09-01
• Series: پزشکی بالینی ابن سینا
• Subjects: biopsy; needle / breast - cytology / breast neoplasms
• Online Access: http://sjh.umsha.ac.ir/article-1-739-en.html
• ISSN: 2588-722X; 2588-7238

In this study for determination the efficacy of needle aspiration which is    done both prospectively and retrospectively , two independent pathologists    studied blindly the cytologic smear of F.N.A of 75 female patients with    breast mass (the mean ages were 50.5 years).           All patients who referred to Kerman Hospitals during 1998-2000 had    experienced lumpectomy or mastectomy and concommitent surgical slides    were also reviewed by the same pathologists for definite diagnosis.           The agreement of two pathologists in the study of F.N.A slides were    more than 90 percent. The sensitivity and specificity of F.N.A to detect    malignancy in breast masses were 91 and 78 percent respectively in this    study.            We suggest that F.N.A of female breast mass can be a very sensitive    and specific procedure in determining their biological behaviors.