Ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration cytology of Para-aortic lymph node metastasis in uterine cervical cancer: diagnostic accuracy and impact on clinical decision making

Table 2 The diagnostic categorizations of initial US-FNAC in PLANs and final diagnosis

Diagnosis category Cytology by US-FNAC	Final diagnosis of PALNs, n
Diagnosis category Cytology by US-FNAC	Malignant (n = 84)	Nonmalignant (n = 8)	Total (n = 92)
Malignant	62 (67.4%)	0 (0.0%)	62
Suspicious	11 (11.9%)	0 (0.0%)	11
Undetermined	5 (5.4%)	0 (0.0%)	5
Benign	3 (3.3%)	7 (7.6%)	10
inadequate	3 (3.3%)	1 (1.1%)	4

Final diagnoses were confirmed by at least two experts, including radio-oncologists, imaging specialists, and pathologists [15]. US-FNAC ultrasound guided fine-needle aspiration cytology, PALNs para-aortic lymph nodes

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