Fine Needle Aspiration Biopsy (FNAB) technique is gaining increasing population in the diagnosis of musculoskeletal lesions because it offter some advantages such as, easy, with minimal complications, but its a pplikability in diagnosis of bone tumors however has some limitations. This research was aimed to explore the roles of FNAB and its accuracy as the preoperative diagnostic method compa…
Ovarian tumors occur predominantly in women of the child bearing-age, mainly in their 3rd and 4th decades. In 1993, the Department of Pathology of Dr. Soetomo Hospital, Surabaya recorded 285 cases of ovarian tumors, and 199 (69.82 percent) of the cases occured in women of the childbearing age. Malignancy was observed in 61 cases (21.40 percent). Frozen section are performed for selected cases i…
Fine Needle Aspiration Biopsy (FNAB) is a relatively new diagnostic technique in cytology. FNAB is done using a thin needle (usually 22-25 gauge) introduced directly into the target tissue, and the sample is processed as cytological smear. The diagnostic accuracy of FNAB is varied, depend on many factors e.g. precision in tissue sampling and on the expert of the pathologist. The objective of th…