Research Article
Correlation of Tissue Biopsy and Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology with Positron Emission Tomography Results
Table 5
Clinical characteristics of the 8 biopsy-FNA positive procedures with SUV < 2.5.
| Patient | Age | Organ | Procedure | PET impression | SUV | Diagnosis |
| 1 | 68 | Supraclavicular lymph node | US FNA | Inconclusive | 1.5 | Metastatic adenocarcinoma | 2 | 77 | Mediastinal lymph node | TBNA | Suspicious | 2.1 | Poorly differentiated squamous cell carcinoma | 3 | 77 | Lung | TBNA | Suspicious | 2.4 | Basaloid carcinoma | 4 | 82 | Axillary lymph node | CT FNA | Suspicious | 2.3 | B-cell lymphoma, follicular type | 5 | 42 | Neck lymph node | CT FNA | Suspicious | 2.1 | Small lymphocytic lymphoma | 6 | 55 | Paratracheal lymph node | Biopsy | Negative | 0 | Poorly differentiated squamous cell carcinoma | 6 | | Paratracheal lymph node | Biopsy | Negative | 0 | Poorly differentiated squamous cell carcinoma | 6 | | Lung | Biopsy | Negative | 0 | Poorly differentiated squamous cell carcinoma |
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US FNA: ultrasound guided FNA, TBNA: transbronchial needle aspirate, CT FNA: CT-guided FNA.
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