Aspiration cytology of breast lumps
Kumarasinghe, M.P.; Sheriffdeen, A.H.
Ceylon Medical Journal 38(3): 117-119
1993
ISSN/ISBN: 0009-0875 PMID: 7828229 Document Number: 408111
The results of 287 aspirations performed on palpable breast lumps over a period of 20 months are presented. This is the first documentation of a Sri Lankan experience of this technique. The cytological assessment showed 52 malignant, 149 benign, 8 atypical, 6 suspicious and 72 inadequate aspirates. All lesions with a cytological diagnosis of malignancy were confirmed by histological assessment (False positives = 0). Histological follow up in 96 of the 149 cytologically benign lesions showed that 2 were malignant, giving a false negative rate of 2.1%. Three atypical lesions (37.5%) and four suspicious (66.2%) and 10 inadequate aspirates (13.7%) were also malignant.