@article{article_260407, title={Clinical importance of preoperative fine needle aspiration biopsy and computed tomography in parotid gland masses}, journal={The European Research Journal}, volume={2}, pages={16–22}, year={2016}, DOI={10.18621/eurj.2016.2.1.16}, author={Sahin, Ender and Unlu, Ilhan and Unlu, Elif Nisa and Kaptan, Zeynep and Uzunkulaoglu, Hakki and Samim, Ethem Erdal and Tulaci, Kamil Gokce and Karadavut, Yunus}, keywords={Parotid tumor,computed tomography,fine needle aspiration biopsy}, abstract={<p> <em> <strong>Objectives. </strong> </em> To determine the diagnostic value of fine needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) and computed tomography (CT) in parotid masses in the basis of postoperative histopathological results. <em> <strong>Methods. </strong> </em> The records of 68 patients diagnosed with a parotid mass and undergone parotis surgery between November 2004 and February 2011 were evaluated retrospectively. Preoperative FNAB and the CT findings were compared with postoperative histopathological findings. <em> <strong>Results. </strong> </em> The study included 36 (58%) female and 26 (42%) male patients. The mean age of the patients was 43.9 years. No statistically significant difference was detected with regards to the performances of both FNAB and the CT ( <em>p </em>=0.797). When it was evaluated in a detail, the performance of parotid CT(81.82%) to diagnose a mass in parotid gland was relatively better than FNAB (72.73%). The performance of FNAB (94.12%) to detect healthy ones was also greater than parotid CT (90.2%). <em> <strong>Conclusion. </strong> </em> We emphasize that preoperative FNAB and parotid CT should be performed to the patients with a parotid mass. The use of these two tests together can minimize the risk rate have been proved. </p>}, number={1}, publisher={Prusa Medical Publishing}