Accuracy of FNAB in Diagnosis of Breast Lump

Abstract

breast cancer is the 1st one among Iraqi females. Most of them present later for diagnosis. No screening program was applied in the country. Early detection center in tertiary hospital practice FNAB for early diagnosis. Publications on accuracy are scarce. This study aimed to test the accuracy of FNAB in breast lump diagnosis. diagnostic test accuracy study, on 204 women with breast lump, attending the oncology department in 2017. Fine-needle aspiration biopsy diagnosis of histologically malignant cases were, malignant in 89 (87.3%), suspicious of malignancy in 5 (4.9%), and benign in 4 (3.9%). Complete sensitivity was 87.3%, and specificity was 100%, with 12.7% false negative results and no false positive cases. The accuracy was 94%. The study confirmed the high figures of accuracy of FNAB.