Diagnostic accuracy of pericardial fluid cytology: an analysis of 53 specimens from 44 consecutive patients
Φόρτωση...
Ημερομηνία
Συγγραφείς
Τίτλος Εφημερίδας
Περιοδικό ISSN
Τίτλος τόμου
Εκδότης
Περίληψη
Τύπος
Είδος δημοσίευσης σε συνέδριο
Είδος περιοδικού
peer-reviewed
Είδος εκπαιδευτικού υλικού
Όνομα συνεδρίου
Όνομα περιοδικού
Diagn Cytopathol
Όνομα βιβλίου
Σειρά βιβλίου
Έκδοση βιβλίου
Συμπληρωματικός/δευτερεύων τίτλος
Περιγραφή
Over a 7-yr period, a total of 53 pericardial fluid specimens from 44 patients was examined. A correlation between cytological and histological diagnosis was made in 19 of these cases. In the remaining 25 cases, where a biopsy was not performed, the cytological diagnosis was correlated with the final clinical diagnosis and the patients' clinical outcome. Finally, in 9 out of 14 cases of malignancy where both cytological and a histological diagnosis was made, the cytologic prediction of the histologic type of cancer was evaluated. The overall sensitivity was 100%, the overall specificity was 93.3%, and the overall cytological accuracy was 95.4%. The predictive value of the correct histologic type of cancer by cytology was 77.7%. Our findings show that the careful cytomorphological examination of pericardial fluid aspirates is a valuable, reliable, and diagnostically highly accurate method, which could be performed on a routine basis in a busy cytopathology department. Judiciously chosen ancillary procedures, as well as clinicopathological correlation, are of great value for an accurate diagnosis in problematic cases.
Περιγραφή
Λέξεις-κλειδιά
Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Cytodiagnosis, Diagnosis, Differential, Female, Histocytological Preparation Techniques, Humans, Male, Mediastinal Neoplasms/*diagnosis/pathology, Middle Aged, Pericardial Effusion/*pathology, Predictive Value of Tests, Sensitivity and Specificity
Θεματική κατηγορία
Παραπομπή
Σύνδεσμος
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8955601
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/store/10.1002/(SICI)1097-0339(199609)15:3<197::AID-DC5>3.0.CO;2-E/asset/5_ftp.pdf?v=1&t=h0f0m4he&s=c9ef30d6825e2e4e75d158cdac4fb437061d4066
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/store/10.1002/(SICI)1097-0339(199609)15:3<197::AID-DC5>3.0.CO;2-E/asset/5_ftp.pdf?v=1&t=h0f0m4he&s=c9ef30d6825e2e4e75d158cdac4fb437061d4066
Γλώσσα
en
Εκδίδον τμήμα/τομέας
Όνομα επιβλέποντος
Εξεταστική επιτροπή
Γενική Περιγραφή / Σχόλια
Ίδρυμα και Σχολή/Τμήμα του υποβάλλοντος
Πανεπιστήμιο Ιωαννίνων. Σχολή Επιστημών Υγείας. Τμήμα Ιατρικής