Fine-needle aspiration should be routinely performed in all patients with breast masses. This would facilitate prompt diagnosis and treatment in one-third of patients with breast cyst, and the benign cytological result could facilitate definite management in the majority of patients with a low risk of malignancy. This could save cost, time and patient anxiety. For the patients with a high clinical suspicion of breast cancer, the positive cytological result could reliably confirm the diagnosis, while the equivocal result could be combined with mammography or open biopsy. Considering the ease, simplicity and low cost, FNA may be suitable for developing countries where other non-invasive procedures are unavailable or difficult to obtain, and it could replace open biopsy, which is still commonly done.
Mature teratoma is a rare germ cell tumor containing all 3 basic germ cell layers and commonly found in the sacrococcygeal region. The eustachian tube is an unusual site for this tumor. To our knowledge, only 4 cases of mature teratoma originating in the eustachian tube have been reported in English-language literature. 1,2 We report a unique case of eustachian mature teratoma in a female infant presenting with a "double-tongue" problem.
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