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National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

ΔΙΑΓΝΩΣΤΙΚΗ ΑΞΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΚΥΤΤΑΡΟΛΟΓΙΚΗΣ ΕΞΕΤΑΣΕΩΣ ΥΛΙΚΟΥ ΛΗΦΘΕΝΤΟΣ ΔΙΑ ΠΑΡΑΚΕΝΤΗΣΕΩΣ ΟΓΚΩΝ ΩΟΘΗΚΗΣ

Abstract

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IN THE PRESENT STUDY AN ANALYSIS OF THE TECHNIQUE AND APPLICATION OF FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY IN THE MANAGEMENT OF PELVIC MASSES IS ATTEMPTED. THE PRIMARY GOAL OF THIS STUDY WAS TO INVESTIGATE THE ADEQUACY OF THIS TECHNIQUE IN THE PRIMARY DIAGNOSIS OF PELVIC MASSES. ANOTHER GOAL OF THIS STUDY WAS TO ELUCIDATE THE CYTOLOGIC FEATURES OF MATERIAL ASPIRATED FROM THESE MASSES AND TO CORRELATE THEM WITH THE HISTOLOGIC FEATURES. FIFTY NINE (59) OVARIAN MASSES WEREPUNCTURED USING FINE NEEDLES. IN THE FIRST PART OF THIS STUDY, ASPIRATES WERETAKEN FROM TWELVE PATIENTS WITH PHYSIOLOGICAL OVARIES AS PROVED BY THE HISTOLOGIC EXAMINATION DURING LAPAROTOMY OF IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE RESECTION OF THE OVARIES AT TOTAL HYSTERECTOMY. IN THE SECOND PART OF THIS STUDY THE MATERIAL WAS ASPRIRATED FROM FORTY SEVEN (47) PATIENTS TREATED FOR PELVIC TUMOR IN THE ALEXANDRA MATERNITY (1ST GYNECOLOGIC AND OBSTETRIC. DEPARTMENT-ATHENS UNIVERSITY). WE USED FRANZEN'S APPARATUS FOR THE BIOPSY ASPIRATIONS AND THE TRANSVAGINAL OR TRANSRECTAL ROUTES WERE PREFERED. TEN NEOPLASMS WERE PROVED TO BE BENINGOVARIAN LESIONS WHILE THE REMAINING THIRTY SEVEN WERE MALIGNANT. (SHORTENED)

Degree

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National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Year dc:date
1985

Author and committee

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Authors dc:creator
  • Papantoniou, Nikolaos
  • Παπαντωνίου, Νικόλαος

Subjects

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Rights

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gre

Identifiers

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Identifier
10.12681/eadd/0425
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:10442/0425

Chain of custody

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2026-07-24
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citation

Papantoniou, Nikolaos; Παπαντωνίου, Νικόλαος. ΔΙΑΓΝΩΣΤΙΚΗ ΑΞΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΚΥΤΤΑΡΟΛΟΓΙΚΗΣ ΕΞΕΤΑΣΕΩΣ ΥΛΙΚΟΥ ΛΗΦΘΕΝΤΟΣ ΔΙΑ ΠΑΡΑΚΕΝΤΗΣΕΩΣ ΟΓΚΩΝ ΩΟΘΗΚΗΣ. National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 1985. http://hdl.handle.net/10442/hedi/0425