Non-imaging-guided fine-needle aspiration of liver lesions: a retrospective study of 279 patients

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World Journal of Gastroenterology

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World J Gastroenterol. Apr 15, 1999; 5(2): 98-102
Published online Apr 15, 1999. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v5.i2.98

Table 4 Accuracy of non-guided FNA cytodiagnosis according to first FNA (number of FNAs) or most meaningful FNA when it was repeated (number of patients)

	FNAs No. (%)	Patients No. (%)
True positive	151(74.4)	138(80.7)
True negative	104(99.0)	93(98.9)
False positive	1(1.0)	1(1.1)
False negative	52(25.6)	33(19.3)
Non-diagnostic	24(7.2)	14(5.0)
Total	332	279

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Citation: Edoute Y, Malberger E, Tibon-Fishe O, Assy N. Non-imaging-guided fine-needle aspiration of liver lesions: a retrospective study of 279 patients. World J Gastroenterol 1999; 5(2): 98-102
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DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v5.i2.98

Edoute Y, Malberger E, Tibon-Fishe O, Assy N. Non-imaging-guided fine-needle aspiration of liver lesions: a retrospective study of 279 patients. World J Gastroenterol 1999; 5(2): 98-102 [PMID: 11819402 DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v5.i2.98]

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