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1: Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol. 1992 Feb;101(2 Pt 1):185-8.Links
Comment in:
Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol. 1993 Jun;102(6):483-5.

Fine-needle aspiration of salivary glands: its utility and tissue effects.

Batsakis JG, Sneige N, el-Naggar AK.

University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston 77030.

Any diagnostic procedure requires a circumspect decision on its clinical utility. Otherwise, it risks being only an additional evaluation that is not cost-effective. In the case of fine-needle aspiration biopsy of lesions of salivary glands, there are unquestioned clinical indications; none, however, merit its inclusion as part of a systematic evaluation. Attention is also called to the possible negation of a histopathologic diagnosis because of the tissue effects of the fine-needle aspiration.

PMID: 1739267 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]