Fine‐needle aspiration cytology versus core‐needle biopsy for the diagnosis of extracranial head and neck schwannoma

Background We aimed to investigate the feasibility of diagnosing head and neck schwannomas using core‐needle biopsy (CNB), and to compare this technique to fine‐needle aspiration cytology (FNAC). Methods We designed a prospective case series in which 52 FNAC and 29 CNB samples from 48 patients with...

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Published in:Head & neck 2018-12, Vol.40 (12), p.2695-2700
Main Authors: Ahn, Dongbin, Lee, Gil Joon, Sohn, Jin Ho, Jeong, Ji Yun
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Biopsy
Biopsy, Fine-Needle
Biopsy, Large-Core Needle
Cellular biology
core‐needle
Cytology
Demography
diagnosis
Female
Head and neck
Head and Neck Neoplasms - diagnosis
Head and Neck Neoplasms - pathology
Head and Neck Neoplasms - surgery
Hematoma
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
neurilemmoma
Neurilemmoma - diagnosis
Neurilemmoma - pathology
Neurilemmoma - surgery
Prospective Studies
Schwann cells
schwannoma
Young Adult
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Summary:Background We aimed to investigate the feasibility of diagnosing head and neck schwannomas using core‐needle biopsy (CNB), and to compare this technique to fine‐needle aspiration cytology (FNAC). Methods We designed a prospective case series in which 52 FNAC and 29 CNB samples from 48 patients with head and neck schwannoma were analyzed. Patient demographics, pathological results, and complications were also evaluated. Results Of the 81 total specimens, 24/52 (46.2%) of the FNAC and 0/29 (0.0%) of the CNB samples were unsatisfactory (P 
ISSN:1043-3074
1097-0347
DOI:10.1002/hed.25520