Abstract:

To determine the diagnostic value of fi ne needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) of parotid masses in the basis of postoperative histopathological results.METHODS: The study was conducted in Ankara Atatürk Training and Research Hospital fi rst Otolaryngology clinics. Thirty-three parotidectomy specimens and FNAB results were included.RESULTS: FNAB sensitivity, specifi city, positive predictive value (PPV), negative predictive value (NPV) were calculated as 4/5 (80%), 27/28 (96.4%), 4/5 (80%), 27/28 (96.4%), 31/33 (93.9%), respectively in the basis of postoperative benign and malign pathology results.CONCLUSION: FNAB is an easy, quick, highly specifi c and sensitive, cheap and reliable diagnostic technique for parotis masses.In our study, the high sensitivity and specifi city values were correlatedwith literature data.

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