Internal mammary lymph node enlargement may be demonstrated using computed tomography (CT), and a confirmatory tissue diagnosis of metastatic involvement may be obtained using fine needle aspiration biopsy with needle tip placement guided by the CT scanner. A case history is described to illustrate how a patient presented 9 years after mastectomy with an internal mammary lymph node metastasis a...

BACKGROUND Opportunistic infections and malignancies cause lymphadenopathy in HIV-infected patients. The use and accuracy of fine needle aspiration cytology in diagnosing of cervical lymphadenopathy among HIV-infected patients is not well studied in Uganda. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to determine the diagnostic accuracy of fine needle aspiration cytology in providing a diagnosis of c...

A technique for obtaining needle aspiration cytology specimens from upper gastrointestinal lesions at endoscopy is described. The validity of the technique was initially confirmed by applying it to resected gastric carcinomas. Thirty seven endoscopically visualised lesions were then sampled by forceps biopsy, brush and needle cytology. Ten lesions were subsequently found to be carcinomas. Needl...

OBJECTIVE To assess the diagnostic value of dynamic contrast medium-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (DCE-MRI) in detection of thyroid carcinoma compared with fine-needle aspiration biopsy and frozen section analysis in multinodular goiter. DESIGN Prospective clinical study. SETTING University hospital. PATIENTS Thirty consecutive patients with nodular goiter without any clinical risk ...

Transabdominal fine needle aspiration biopsy has undergone considerable progression since the first edition of this book published by Dr. Tao in 1990. The present monograph has been built upon the foundation laid by Dr. Tao-a pioneer in transabdominal fine needle aspiration biopsy. Dr. Tao was able to bring his extensive personal experience that helped shape the inter-abdominal aspiration cytop...

Background Current clinical practice widely regards deep tissue biopsy as the gold standard for identification of wound bacterial bio-burden. This study aims to establish whether fine needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) is as accurate as deep tissue biopsy and therefore offers a more accurate, cheaper and suitable alternative to routinely used superficial swab in diabetic wounds of varying depth an...

Fibrous mastopathy, also known as diabetic mastopathy and lymphocytic mastopathy, may mimic breast cancer at the physical examination, mammography, and ultrasound. We report a case of a woman who presented a non-tender mass clinically suggestive of breast carcinoma; however, the fine-needle aspiration cytology indicated atypia and the core needle biopsy revealed lymphocytic mastopathy. The magn...