Korean J Cytopathol.  1991 Jun;2(1):8-19.

Cytohistopathologic comparative study of aspiration biopsy cytology from various sites

• Park HS

Abstract

A statistical analysis of the diagnostic value for 244 aspiration biopsy cytology(ABC) among a total 1,043 cases from various sites was performed. ABC, using diagnostic terminology similar to that of a surgical pathology reports, was compared to the final tissue diagnosis. For the entire series, a sensitivity of 91.8%, a specificity of 99.3%, a positive predictive value of 98.9%, a negative predictive value of 94.8%, and an efficacy of the test of 96.3% were shown. There were 8 false negative and 1 false positive diagnosis. The diagnostic accuracy was 89.8%. Those results indicate that the ABC is a considerably highly accurate procedure that should be routinely employed.

Keyword

Aspiration biopsy cytology; Cytology; Statistics; Accuracy

MeSH Terms

Biopsy, Needle*
Diagnosis
Pathology, Surgical
Sensitivity and Specificity