Evaluation of Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology in the Diagnosis of Cancer of the Parotid Gland

Use of fine‐needle aspiration cytology in the diagnosis of parotid neoplasms

“…Three non‐Hodgkin's lymphomas were identified on histopathology, two of which were considered benign on FNAC and one classified as cystic debris. As suggested in previous studies, FNAC shows lower efficacy in identifying lymphoma …”

“…As suggested in previous studies, FNAC shows lower efficacy in identifying lymphoma. [21][22][23] Australia has the highest rate of sun malignancy in the world, and SCC is the second most common malignancy following basal cell carcinoma. 24 In an Australian setting it is beneficial to consider the usefulness of FNAC in identifying SCC.…”

Verification bias in diagnostic accuracy studies for fine‐ and core needle biopsy of salivary gland lesions in otolaryngology journals: A systematic review and analysis

“…The secondary search identified 13 additional studies. A total of 95 studies were included . The studies were published in 34 different journals (Table ).…”

“…We found that 81 of the 95 included studies (84%) had verification bias. Fourteen studies were free of verification bias . Five of the 81 biased studies provided sufficient information to correct the bias .…”

Diagnostic problems of salivary gland tumors

“…The sensitivity of FNAC to differentiate benign from malignant lesions varies from 54 to 98% in different studies. However, the specificity of FNAC is quite high and varies from 88 to 99% . Table highlights the sensitivity and specificity of different studies.…”