[Fine needle aspiration of the skin: diagnosis of malignant lymphoma and of cutaneous manifestations of myeloid hemoblastosis].

Fine-needle aspiration cytology of the cutis was carried out in 103 patients suffering from malignant lymphomas and myelogenous leukemias. All biopsies were performed using a novel aspiration device. Only in 7.8% of cases was it not possible to establish a cytological diagnosis because the biopsy specimens obtained were inadequate. The sensitivity of the method was 96.8%. There was a close correlation between the cytological and the final diagnosis (contingency coefficient C = 0.96). The method was equally efficient for primary evaluation as it was for the follow-up of patients with hematological neoplasms.