Utility of Preoperative Ultrasonography and Fine-Needle Aspiration Cytology in Differentiation Between Benign and Malignant Cervical Lymphadenopathy: A Retrospective Cohort Study

Utility of Preoperative Ultrasonography and Fine-Needle Aspiration Cytology in Differentiation Between Benign and Malignant Cervical Lymphadenopathy: A Retrospective Cohort Study - Utility of Preoperative Ultrasonography and Fine-Needle Aspiration Cytology in Differentiation Between Benign and Malignant Cervical Lymphadenopathy: A Retrospective Cohort Study

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

JPRN

Registry ID

JPRN-UMIN000053717

Enrollment

200

Registered

2024-03-01

Start date

2024-02-16

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-06-29

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Conditions

Cervical Lymphadenopathy

Interventions

None listed

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: All patients with cystic lateral neck lump (More than 10 mm) with no evidence of primary tumor who underwent cervical lymph node excisional biopsy between April 2021 and May 2023 were included.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: The study excluded patients without preoperative US or FNAC evaluations or documentation, as well as those with infectious etiologies, evidence of a primary tumor at clinical examination with endoscopy, past head and neck oncological surgery, neoadjuvant radiotherapy, solid aspect of the neck mass, and patients who did not undergo excisional biopsy.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Investigate the diagnostic value of FNAC and US findings in comparison with postoperative histopathological diagnoses of cervical lymph node excisional biopsy	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Predictive diagnostic radiologic tests	—

Countries

Asia(except Japan)

Contacts

Public ContactFaisal Ahmed

Ibb University Department of Surgery

fmaaa2006@yahoo.com00967776089579

Outcome results