...Sana Ahuja; Marzieh Fattahi-Darghlou; Sufian Zaheer; Rhea Ahuja Introduction: This study conducts the first meta-analysis to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy and the aggregated risk of malignancy associated with each category of the Papanicolaou Society of Cytopathology (PSC) system for reporting...

... of diagnostic accuracy. Methods: PubMed/MEDLINE and Embase were searched with the following keywords: “(Lymph node) AND (fine needle aspiration biopsy) OR (International system OR Sydney system)” in the timeframe 2020 to August 4, 2023. The selected articles were assessed for the risk of bias by the QUADAS-2...

... keywords (brushing, brush cytology, cytology, cytopathology) and keywords for diagnostic performance, like sensitivity, specificity, diagnostic accuracy. The related search terms were separated by the Boolean operator “OR,” and the main concepts were joined by “AND.” Articles in English literature...

... to reduce atypical cases and improve diagnostic accuracy by investigating the utility of cell block (CB) analysis. Methods: FNAB CB samples (2018–2022) were reviewed using smear only or CBs. CB-based diagnosis was performed with 2D morphological analysis and immunocytochemistry using ER, CK5/6, p63, SMA...

...-pancreatic (HBP) malignancies, its diagnostic accuracy remains unclear. We therefore aimed to investigate the diagnostic accuracy of cytology testing for HBP tumors. Study Design: We performed a retrospective study of all cytology samples that were used to confirm radiologically detected HBP tumors between...

.... Results: Of the 81 cases in this study, there was a discrepancy between the cytological and histological diagnosis in 9 cases. The overall cytological diagnostic accuracy in our study was 88.9% with a sensitivity and specificity of 78.1 and 95.5%, respectively. Conclusion: FNA of an ovarian mass...

... and the editor(s) disclaim responsibility for any injury to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Thyroid Fine-needle aspiration Diagnostic accuracy Specimen adequacy Image-guided intervention The prevalence...

... images Pitfalls Diagnostic accuracy Telelearning There are a number of studies on the concordance of second-opinion diagnoses on histological [ 1,2,3,4,5,6 ] and cytological images. The latter studies have focused on cervical smears [ 7,8,9,10,11 ] or on both gynecological and nongynecological...

... Diagnostic accuracy Fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) of the breast is an effective method of diagnosing breast cancer [ 1,2 ]. Conventional alcohol-fixed Papanicolaou-stained smears (CSm) are efficient and cost-effective. Liquid-based cytology (LBC) may become attractive where the technical...

..., instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Immediate interpretation Mammography Rapid staining Ultrasonography Breast Diagnostic accuracy Fine-needle aspiration cytology Histopathology Breast cancer is the most common malignancy among women in the developed...