Fine-needle aspiration cytology for parotid lesions, can we avoid surgery?

Yotam Shkedy Uri AlkanA MizrachiT ShochatO DimitsteinS MorgensternT ShpitzerG Bachar

Published in: Clinical otolaryngology : official journal of ENT-UK ; official journal of Netherlands Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology & Cervico-Facial Surgery (2017)

Fine-needle aspiration cytology has limited utility in confirming a benign diagnosis of a parotid mass for most patients, although for some subpopulations, the PPV may be high enough to defer surgery.

Keyphrases

fine needle aspiration
ultrasound guided
minimally invasive
coronary artery bypass
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
prognostic factors
surgical site infection
peritoneal dialysis