Fine needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) of the kidneys is a safe procedure with an excellent diagnostic yield based on established criteria for primary lesions with a sensitivity of 80% to 92% and specificity of 83% to 100% in diagnosing malignancy.…
Currently, fine needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) is the first diagnostic procedure used in patients presenting with a mass in the lung, mediastinum, or chest wall on chest x-ray (CXR) or computed tomography (CT) or CT positron emission tomography (PET) scan,…
The technique of fine needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) of breast has developed over the past 60 years to be an extremely useful and accurate method of diagnosing palpable and impalpable lesions. Breast FNAB can attain sensitivity in the range of…
Fine needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) of the thyroid is currently the most accurate and cost-effective way of examining thyroid nodules (2009 American Thyroid Association guidelines). The number of thyroid FNAB has increased recently due to the number of thyroid nodules…
FNAB Pattern Recognition Numerous texts over the past 50 years have described the attributes of fine needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB). The purpose of this text is not an attempt to replace these salient works in diagnostic cytopathology of FNAB lesions.…