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Table 3 Results of intraoperative fine needle aspiration cytology of malignant tumors (other than primary lung cancer). Description of the 9 false negative cases

From: Intraoperative fine needle aspirations - diagnosis and typing of lung cancer in small biopsies: challenges and limitations

Cytological findings

Final histological diagnosis

SAR

ADC

Total

Normal tissue

1

2

3

Benign mesenchymal lesion

3

0

3

Blood

1

2

3

Total

5

4

9

  1. Abbreviations: SAR Sarcoma, ADC Adenocarcinoma