%0 Journal Article %A Salih, H. %A Hatam, H. %A Al Hadithi, R. %A Al Kaysi, A. %T The value of percutaneous fine needle aspiration cytology under ultrasound guidance in the diagnosis of pancreatic masses %D 2000 %J Qatar Medical Journal, %V 2000 %N 2 %@ 2227-0426 %C 15 %R https://doi.org/10.5339/qmj.2000.2.15 %I Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press), %X Between September 1996 and May 1999 twenty six pa-tients with a pancreatic mass were studied. In 24 patients (92.3%) the masses could be detected by ultrasound but were not detectable in the other two cases. In the 24 pa-tients percutaneous FN AC under u/s guidance produced only one complication. The accuracy of this test in diagnosing pancreatic ma-lignant tumours was 90.4%. Laparotomy was not neces-sary in three cases with advanced pancreatic carcinoma (11.5%) and the material aspirated was not suitable for di-agnosis in three cases. No benign lesions were found and so it was not possible to estimate the reliability of FN AC in their diagnosis. %U https://www.qscience.com/content/journals/10.5339/qmj.2000.2.15