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Fine needle non-aspiration cytology for the diagnosis of cervical lymph node tuberculosis: a single center experience
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The fine-needle cytology is being used as a first line of investigation in the diagnosis of head and neck swellings, as it is simple, cost effective and less invasive as compared to biopsy. The aims of this study were to evaluate the results of the fine-needle non-aspiration cytology of cervical lymphadenopathy and to study the factors influencing the rate of non-diagnosis results. This retrospective study was conducted on selected patients with cervical lymphadenopathy that had undergone a fine-needle non-aspiration cytology followed by a histological biopsy. The sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value and negative predictive value of fine-needle non-aspiration cytology for diagnosing tuberculosis were estimated. The risk factors of non-diagnosis results were evaluated. The sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value rates of fine-needle non-aspiration cytology for tuberculosis were 83.3%, 83.3%, 78.9% and 86.9% respectively. In total, 47 out of the 131 samples (35.8%) were considered non-diagnosis. Of the non-diagnosis samples, 84.2% (38 out of 47) were benign mostly due to tuberculosis (30 cases). Among the studied factors, only tuberculosis (confirmed by histopathological examination) was significantly associated with non-diagnosis cytology (p = 0.02, Odds-Ratio = 2.35). Tuberculosis is currently the commonest cause of cervical lymphadenopathy in North Africa. Fine-needle non-aspiration cytology is safe and accurate in the diagnosis of cervical tuberculous lymph node that is associated with the risk of non-diagnosis cytology. A punção não aspirativa com agulha fina tem sido utilizada como primeira linha de investigação no diagnóstico de tumores de cabeça e pescoço, por ser uma técnica simples, custo-efetiva e menos invasiva quando comparada à biópsia. Os objetivos deste estudo foram avaliar os resultados de citologia por punção não-aspirativa com agulha fina de linfadenopatias cervicais e estudar os fatores que influenciam a taxa de falha diagnóstica. Este estudo retrospectivo foi realizado em pacientes selecionados com linfadenopatia cervical submetidos a punção não aspirativa com agulha fina, seguida por biópsia histológica. Foram estimadas a sensibilidade, especificidade, o valor preditivo positivo e valor preditivo negativo da punção não aspirativa com agulha fina para o diagnóstico de tuberculose. Os fatores de risco dos resultados com falha diagnóstica foram avaliados. As taxas de sensibilidade, especificidade, o valor preditivo positivo e valor preditivo negativo da punção não aspirativa com agulha fina para tuberculose foram de 83,3%, 83,3%, 78,9% e 86,9%, respectivamente. Das 131 amostras, 47 (35,8%) foram consideradas como falha diagnóstica. Das amostras não diagnosticadas, 84,2% (38 de 47) eram benignas, principalmente devido à tuberculose (30 casos). Entre os fatores estudados, apenas a tuberculose (confirmada pelo exame histopatológico) estava significativamente associada à citologia com falha diagnóstica (p = 0,02, odds ratio = 2,35). A tuberculose é atualmente a causa mais comum de linfadenopatia cervical no norte da África. A punção não aspirativa com agulha fina é uma técnica segura e precisa no diagnóstico de linfonodos cervicais associados ao risco de citologia com falha diagnóstica.
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“Despite its usefulness in the diagnosis of TBLN, fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) faces several limitations, and its sensitivity and specificity are not well established [8].”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Sellami, M., Charfi, S., Chaabouni, M. A., Mrabet, S., Charfeddine, I., Ayadi, L., Kallel, S., & Ghorbel, A.
- Affiliations
- Hopital Universitaire Habib Bourguiba (TN)
- Corresponding author
- Sellami, Moncef
- Venue
- Brazilian Journal of Otorhinolaryngology
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2019-09
- Volume
- 85
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 617-622
- ISSN
- 1808-8686 (ISSN-L)
- 1808-8694
- PMC
- PMC9443027
- OpenAlex
- W2810315773
- Cited by
- 9
- References
- 19
- Citations by year
- 2024: 1 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 3 · 2021: 3 · 2020: 1
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- 1.04
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- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
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- Brazilian Journal of Otorhinolaryngology (publishedVersion, cc-by)
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- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Pathology and Forensic Medicine › Lymphadenopathy Diagnosis and Analysis
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Infectious Diseases › Diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Infectious Diseases › Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology
- Keywords
- scrofula, tuberculous lymphadenitis, cervical lymphadenopathy, diagnostic accuracy, sensitivity and specificity, false-negative results, histopathological confirmation, head and neck swelling, North Africa, cost-effective diagnosis, minimally invasive diagnosis
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Adult, Female, Humans, Lymph Nodes, Male, Middle Aged, Retrospective Studies, Tuberculosis, Lymph Node, Biopsy, Fine-Needle, Young Adult
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