Abstract
The authors summarize 5 years' experience with transthoracic fine‐needle aspiration (TFNA) in 180 patients. Aspirated tumors tended to be large and peripheral. A large pneumothorax was seen after 4.3% of aspirations, and various minor complications followed another 23.3%. Emphysema was a significant risk factor for complications. Follow‐up confirmed 151 cancers, with a wide variety of origins and histologic types. In the diagnosis of cancer, TFNA cytology had a specificity of 100% and a sensitivity of 82%. Positive TFNA findings usually provided the earliest microscopic diagnosis of cancer or of cancer stage.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 2504-2507 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Cancer |
Volume | 56 |
Issue number | 10 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Nov 15 1985 |
Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Oncology
- Cancer Research