Review of breast pathology: diagnosed by fine needle aspiration and correlation between cytological and histological findings.

• Autor(a) principal: Furtado, Antónia
• Data de Publicação: 2008
• Outros Autores: Nogueira, Rosete, Tente, David, Couceiro, António
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: https://www.actamedicaportuguesa.com/revista/index.php/amp/article/view/898

The 980 exams concerning breast pathology performed in an 18-month period, including 626 fine needle aspiration biopsies, were reviewed. A diagnosis was made in 78.2% of fine needle aspiration biopsies, and in the remaining 21.8% they were considered insufficient for diagnosis. It was possible to establish a correlation with histological findings in 109 cases. There was accordance in 87.2% of the cases, a discrepancy in 6.4% of the cases neither with false positives nor false negatives, and in the remaining cases fine needle aspiration biopsy was considered insufficient for diagnosis despite the presence of a lesion in histological sections. The advantages and pitfalls of fine needle aspiration are discussed, and we consider this technique important in the initial approach to patients with breast disorders.