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aspiration cytology

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aspiration cytology
Cytology A term referring to diagnostic cytologic material from internal organs–eg, breast, liver, lymph node, prostate, salivary gland, thyroid, and other relatively inaccessible sites, obtained by fine needle aspiration. Cf Exfoliative cytology.


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This color atlas is effectively a third edition of Thyroid guides to clinical aspiration cytology (also by Kini), utilizing the same text in an expanded and updated format and with the addition of an impressive array of color images.
9,10 Moreover, Khanna et al11 compared TIC, fine-needle aspiration cytology, and tru-cut needle biopsy with tissue biopsy and found that imprint cytology had a sensitivity of 98.
Ultrasonographic examination of the thyroid gland and/or computed tomographic (CT) scanning/magnetic resonance imagining (MRI), as well as fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC), help in establishing the diagnosis of the malignancy of the thyroid gland.
 
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