Fine needle aspiration (FNA) biopsy of palpable breast masses

✍ Scribed by Florentine, Barbara D ;Wu, Nancy C ;Waliany, Shanez ;Carriere, Carol ;Hindle, William ;Raza, Anwar

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1999
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 501 KB
• Volume: 87
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0008-543X
• DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0142(19991025)87:5<278::aid-cncr7>3.0.co;2-a

✦ Synopsis

BACKGROUND:

One of the limitations preventing the widespread use of fine-needle aspiration (FNA) is that it requires skill to obtain an adequate sample and well prepared smears. In this study, a new monolayer technique, the Cyto-Tek Mono-Prep (MP) system, which obviates the need for smear preparation, was evaluated against conventional smear (CS) preparation for palpable breast lesions.

METHODS:

A total of 44 paired CS/MP breast FNA specimens were studied. The authors blindly analyzed the CS and the MP slides separately, then by a side-byside evaluation. The two methods were compared with respect to diagnostic concordance, cellularity, cell preservation, background debris, and time needed to prepare and diagnose each case.