Review article

The value of cytological smear in evaluation of head and neck non-melanoma skin cancer

Marija Pastorčić Grgić orcid.org/0000-0002-3405-3675 ; Department Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospital for Tumors, Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital Center, Zagreb, Croatia
Vesna Ramljak ; Department of Clinical Cytology, University Hospital for Tumors, Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital Center, Zagreb, Croatia
Božena Šarčević ; Department of Clinical Pathology, University Hospital for Tumors, Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital Center, Zagreb, Croatia
Krešimir Gršić orcid.org/0000-0002-2907-8640 ; Department Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospital for Tumors, Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital Center, Zagreb, Croatia
Alan Pegan ; Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Cervicofacial Surgery, Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital Center, Zagreb, Croatia

Abstract

Non-melanoma skin cancer is the most common malignancy in humans. Recognition of atypical tumors, recurrent tumors and multiple tumors is sometimes diffi cult. Cytological sampling is painless, non-invasive and accurate method, useful in skin cancer evaluation. In our study, which included 91 patient, overall accuracy of cytology in non-melanoma skin
cancer was 91.2%. We fi nd this method most useful in diff erentiating small benign looking lesions, in multiple skin changes and in suspected recurrent skin cancer.

Keywords

head and neck non-melanoma skin cancer; cytological smear; basal cell cancer; squamous cell cancer

Hrčak ID:

189825

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/189825

Publication date:

10.12.2015.

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