Fine needle aspiration biopsy in gynecologic malignancies. Recurrent and metastatic lesions.

This study evaluated the efficacy of fine needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) in 80 suspected cases of recurrent and metastatic gynecologic malignancies. FNAB was performed at 90 sites in 80 patients; 42 of the sites were deep seated. The cytologic diagnosis correlated well with either histology (7 cases) or clinicaI follow-up. FNAB diagnosis of deep-seated lesions precluded exploratory laparotomy, and further therapy was administered accordingly. Thus, FNAB in gynecologic malignancies was safe, reliabIe and cost effective