Risk Stratification of Breast Fine-Needle Aspiration Biopsy Specimens Performed without Radiologic Guidance by Application of the International Academy of Cytology Yokohama System for Reporting Breast Fine-Needle Aspiration Cytopathology

Conclusion: The IAC Yokohama system is useful in standardizing the reporting of cytopathology of breast lesions. FNAB with radiological guidance is ideal but in cases of finance/resource constraints, FNAB by palpation alone is satisfactory if the test result is in the benign, suspicious of malignancy, or malignant categories, which constitute 91.5% of the cases in this study. A repeat ultrasound-guided FNAB and/or core needle biopsy should be recommended for cases in the insufficient/inadequate or atypical categories.Acta Cytologica
Source: Acta Cytologica - Category: Cytology Source Type: research