Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology of the Breast: The Nonmalignant Categories

Table 5

Surgical followup in false-negative cases*.

Follow up tissue diagnosis	Number/percentage of cases
Atypical ductal hyperplasia	1 (5%)
Ductal carcinoma in situ	3 (16%)
Cribriform carcinoma	1 (5%)
Metaplastic carcinoma	1 (5%)
Infiltrating lobular carcinoma	6 (32%)
Infiltrating ductal carcinoma	7 (37%)
Total cases	19

*Rosa [39]. The value of fine needle aspiration biopsy in the diagnosis and prognostic assessment of palpable breast lesions.