Ultrasound-guided fine-needle cytology for cervical lymph nodes: a tertiary centre’s experience with the Sydney system
The current findings supported the preferential use of US-FNAC over US-FNNAC in routine clinical practice for lymph node evaluation, particularly for nodes measuring 5.1-15.0 mm. For lymphadenopathies ≤5.0 mm, additional tests were required to enhance the diagnostic performance of US-FNC, with US-FNAC often being necessary. Thus, we recommended using US-FNAC to obtain cytological specimens for definitive diagnosis of cervical lymphadenopathies that ≤15.0 mm.
Authors
- Li Tan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5961-0450)
- Liang Hua (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3390-0585)
- Zhilan Meng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7355-3533)
- Ke Lv (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8779-9860)
- Xiaoyi Yan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3780-1568)
- Qing Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6197-8457)
- Xueqi Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6648-4584)
- Xiaoyan Chang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0963-642X)
- Bo Geum Kong
- Jing Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-0938-758X)
- Yanping Ding
- Yang Gui
Institutions
- Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College (CN)
- Peking Union Medical College Hospital (CN)
- QT Ultrasound (United States) (US)
- Aerospace Center Hospital (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Annals of Medicine
- Published
- 2025-10-22
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1080/07853890.2025.2575301
- Primary Topic
- Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00