"False-positive" cytologic diagnoses
Kirdan, G.V.; Biriukov, I.V.; Mikhaĭlov, I.E.; Nikolaeva, E.P.
Voprosy Onkologii 35(9): 1076-1080
1989
ISSN/ISBN: 0507-3758 PMID: 2815697 Document Number: 337190
In a series of 30,000 cytologic examinations carried out in patients with lung pathology, 20 results were considered false-positive for cancer. However, in 5 of them, malignancy was subsequently confirmed. These data were analysed to identify patterns of lung cancer in which cytologic samples are likely to be misinterpreted as false-positive.