Table 2 Results of intraoperative fine needle aspiration cytology of malignant lung tumors and benign lung lesions. Description of the 28 false negative cases
Cytological findings | Final histological diagnosis | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SQC | ADC | LC/LNC | Carcinoid | Total | |
Normal tissue | 2 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
Necrosis | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
Restenotic pneumonia | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
High differentiated tumors | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
Dysplasie | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Blood | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
Total | 7 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 28 |