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. 1997 Aug;26(4):284-6.
doi: 10.1016/s0901-5027(97)80870-3.

Fine needle aspiration of salivary gland tumors

S Shintani  1 , H Matsuura, Y Hasegawa
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Fine needle aspiration of salivary gland tumors

S Shintani et al. Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 1997 Aug.

Abstract

The usefulness of fine needle aspiration (FNA) as a preoperative diagnostic procedure was studied in 43 patients with salivary gland tumors. Nine of the tumors were malignant and 34 benign. The diagnostic sensitivity of FNA was 88.9% (8/9), the specificity 94.1% (32/34) and the accuracy 93.0% (40/43). These results indicate that FNA is a highly sensitive and specific screening procedure.

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