2016
FNA biopsy of secondary nonlymphomatous malignancies in salivary glands: A multi‐institutional study of 184 cases
Wang H, Hoda R, Faquin W, Rossi E, Hotchandani N, Sun T, Pusztaszeri M, Bizzarro T, Bongiovanni M, Patel V, Jhala N, Fadda G, Gong Y. FNA biopsy of secondary nonlymphomatous malignancies in salivary glands: A multi‐institutional study of 184 cases. Cancer Cytopathology 2016, 125: 91-103. PMID: 28001329, DOI: 10.1002/cncy.21798.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFine-needle aspiration biopsySquamous cell carcinomaDefinitive diagnosisDiagnostic challengeMetastatic squamous cell carcinomaDefinitive malignant diagnosisMean patient ageSalivary glandsCommon malignant neoplasmFalse-negative diagnosesPatient ageSecondary malignanciesMetastatic carcinomaCell carcinomaPathology databaseMalignant neoplasmsFNAB diagnosisFNAB casesMalignant diagnosisMetastatic chordomaAncillary studiesNasopharyngeal carcinomaAspiration biopsyAncillary testsOlder men
2014
Fine‐needle aspiration biopsy of secondary neoplasms of the thyroid gland: A multi‐institutional study of 62 cases
Pusztaszeri M, Wang H, Cibas ES, Powers CN, Bongiovanni M, Ali S, Khurana KK, Michaels PJ, Faquin WC. Fine‐needle aspiration biopsy of secondary neoplasms of the thyroid gland: A multi‐institutional study of 62 cases. Cancer Cytopathology 2014, 123: 19-29. PMID: 25369542, DOI: 10.1002/cncy.21494.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFine-needle aspiration biopsySquamous cell carcinomaThyroid fine-needle aspiration biopsySecondary neoplasmsAncillary studiesAspiration biopsyThyroid glandAccuracy of FNABMean patient ageMean tumor sizeUnknown primary siteUseful ancillary studiesMulti-institutional studyPatient ageInitial diagnosisTumor sizeCell carcinomaClinical historyPrimary tumorMedical recordsDiagnostic difficultiesMean intervalCystic carcinomaPrimary siteAdenocarcinoma