Kumarasinghe M P, Sheriffdeen A H
Faculty of Medicine, Colombo.
Ceylon Med J. 1993 Sep;38(3):117-9.
The results of 287 aspirations performed on palpable breast lumps over a period of 20 months are presented. This is the first documentation of a Sri Lankan experience of this technique. The cytological assessment showed 52 malignant, 149 benign, 8 atypical, 6 suspicious and 72 inadequate aspirates. All lesions with a cytological diagnosis of malignancy were confirmed by histological assessment (False positives = 0). Histological follow up in 96 of the 149 cytologically benign lesions showed that 2 were malignant, giving a false negative rate of 2.1%. Three atypical lesions (37.5%) and four suspicious (66.2%) and 10 inadequate aspirates (13.7%) were also malignant.
本文呈现了在20个月内对可触及乳腺肿块进行的287次抽吸检查结果。这是斯里兰卡关于该技术经验的首次记录。细胞学评估显示，有52例恶性、149例良性、8例非典型、6例可疑及72例抽吸样本不足。所有细胞学诊断为恶性的病变均经组织学评估确诊（假阳性率 = 0）。对149例细胞学诊断为良性的病变中的96例进行组织学随访发现，其中2例为恶性，假阴性率为2.1%。3例非典型病变（37.5%）、4例可疑病变（66.2%）及10例抽吸样本不足的病变（13.7%）也为恶性。
