Small volume biopsy diagnostic yield at initial diagnosis versus recurrence/transformation of follicular lymphoma: A retrospective Cyto-Heme Interinstitutional Collaborative study.
Megan J FitzpatrickVandana SundaramAmy LyJeremy S AbramsonRonald BalassanianMatthew C CheungStephen L CookLorenzo FalchiAnnabel K FrankSrishti GuptaRobert P HasserjianOscar LinSteven R LongJoshua R MenkeEric MouDaniel R ReedRoberto Ruiz-CorderoAshley K VolaricLinlin WangKwun Wah WenYi XieSara L ZadehDita GratzingerPublished in: Cancer cytopathology (2022)
SVB at initial FL diagnosis often required additional biopsies to establish a complete diagnosis. In contrast, when assessing for transformed/recurrent FL, additional biopsies were generally not obtained regardless of SVB type, suggesting that in these clinical settings SVB may be sufficient for clinical decision-making.