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Pancreas
Research from P. Bhatia and colleagues has provided new data on pancreas
November 18th, 2008
According to recent research from Chandigarh, India, " To reevaluate the, efficacy and safety of fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) of pancreatic lesions performed by transabdominal approach. Design Retrospective 5-year (20012006) audit of all pancreatic FNA samples." " This series includes 267 patients (88 men, 179 women). Seven cases (2.6%) yielded insufficient material for diagnosis; 260 cases were classified as benign (n=118) and malignant (n=142) lesions. Of the 118 benign aspirates, the cytodiagnosis was acute/chronic inflammation in 24, tuberculosis in 1, benign cyst in 10 and a benign aspirate, not otherwise specified, in the remaining 83 cases. Of the 142...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2008-11-18)
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