- Transthoracic Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology of the Lung .
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Min Suk Kim, In Ae Park, Sun Hoo Park, Sung Shin Park, Hwal Wong Kim, Kyung Chul Moon, Young Ah Kim, Hye Seung Lee, Ki Wha Park, Jeong wook Seo, Hyun Soon Lee, Eui Keun Ham
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Korean J Cytopathol. 1999;10(1):13-19.
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- The authors analysed 2,653 cases of transthoracic fine needle aspiration cytology of the lung to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy and its limitation. A comparison was made between the original cytologic and the final histologic diagnoses on 1,149 cases from 1,074 patients. A diagnosis of malignancy was established in 38.3% benign in 48.1%, atypical lesion in 2.3%, and inadequate one in 11.9% of the cases. Statistical data on cytologic diagnoses were as follows; specificity 98.9%: sensitivity of procedure, 76.8%: sensitivity of diagnosis, 95.5%: false positive 5 cases: false negative 18 cases: predictive value for malignancy, 98.8%: predictive value for benign lesion, 79.5%: overall diagnostic efficiency, 87.5%: typing accuracy in malignant tumor, 80%.
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