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Fine-needle aspiration of salivary glands: its utility and tissue effects
J G Batsakis1, N Sneige, A K el-Naggar
1University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston 77030.
The Annals of Otology, Rhinology, and Laryngology
|February 1, 1992
Abstract:
Any diagnostic procedure requires a circumspect decision on its clinical utility. Otherwise, it risks being only an additional evaluation that is not cost-effective. In the case of fine-needle aspiration biopsy of lesions of salivary glands, there are unquestioned clinical indications; none, however, merit its inclusion as part of a systematic evaluation. Attention is also called to the possible negation of a histopathologic diagnosis because of the tissue effects of the fine-needle aspiration.