Aspiration Smear-Lymph Node

Extrathoracic lymph node aspiration in bronchial carcinoma.

Cytological examination of material obtained by percutaneous thin needle lymph node aspiration is an established diagnostic technique.' The method for obtaining such material has been well described,2 but there are no recent reports of its use in patients with bronchial carcinoma who have enlarged peripheral lymph nodes at presentation. We report our results of the past seven years to show the ...

Transbronchial needle aspiration of mediastinal lymph node.

In Malaysia, transbronchial needle aspiration (TBNA) is a relatively new procedure performed only in a handful of respiratory centres. We reviewed TBNA of mediastinal lymph node performed in Hospital Tengku Ampuan Afzan (HTAA) to determine the yield and its complications. Data was retrieved from endoscopy databases and patients' records, CT thorax images and all cytological and histological sli...

The diagnostic value of lymph node aspiration biopsy.

Excision of a lymph node often requires general anaesthesia and admission to hospital which may entail considerable delay in diagnosis and treatment-a delay which is prolonged by the fixation, -cutting and staining of sections. Aspiration biopsy is done under local analgesia so that admission to hospital is unnecessary and much time and ex-pense saved. Against these advantages must be placed th...

The efficacy of lymph node fine needle aspiration

*Corresponding Author Abstract Introduction: Fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) of lymph nodes is a safe, easy, cheap and quick diagnostic tool, which involves the examination of a random sample of cells from a lymph node. Aim: To assess the distribution of diagnostic categories and the efficacy of lymph node fine needle aspiration cytology at our institution. These were compared to the lit...

Fine needle aspiration cytology of lymph node in leprosy.