Use of Fine-Needle Aspiration in the Evaluation of Breast Lumps

Table 2

Comparison of distribution of inflammatory lesions.

Inflammatory Lesions (𝑛=85)	Cytology	Histopathology
Acute suppurative Mastitis	20 (23.5%)	Excluded
Acute mastitis	26 (30.5%)	Excluded
Non-tuberculosis granulomatous mastitis	15 (17.6%)	Excluded
Chronic nonspecific mastitis	12 (14%)	Excluded
Duct ectasia	8 (9%)	Excluded
Tuberculosis	2 (2.3%)	Excluded
Fat necrosis	2 (2.3%)	Excluded