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| Year : 2012 | Volume
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| Issue : 2 | Page : 85-88 |
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Trucut biopsy - An effective diagnostic tool in laryngeal and hypopharyngeal cancers: A preliminary study
Sachin Gandhi1, Nilanjan P Bhowmick1, Dhananjay S Kelkar2, A Chandorkar3
1 Department of ENT, Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital, Erandwane, Pune, Maharashtra, India
2 Department of Surgery, Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital, Erandwane, Pune, Maharashtra, India
3 Department of Pathology, Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital, Erandwane, Pune, Maharashtra, India
Correspondence Address:
Nilanjan P Bhowmick
Department of ENT, Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital, Erandwane, Pune - 411 004, Maharashtra
India
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None  | Check |
DOI: 10.4103/2230-9748.106985
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Background: Laryngeal and hypopharyngeal cancers are commonly diagnosed by histopathological examination of a punch biopsy specimen from the lesion. The histopathological report of the punch biopsy specimen in certain cases is inconclusive, most commonly in cases of endophytic growths. Objective: To evaluate the efficacy of trucut biopsy as a diagnostic procedure in such cases of laryngeal and hypopharyngeal growth which are clinically malignant but histopathology report by punch biopsy is inconclusive. Materials and Methods: Seven cases with clinical suspicion of laryngeal or hypopharyngeal malignancies but with inconclusive histopathological examination on punch biopsy were included. Trucut biopsy was performed in them. 6 out of the 7 trucut biopsies were found to be malignancies on histopathological examination. Conclusion: Trucut biopsy is promising diagnostic tool in laryngeal and hypopharyngeal malignancies especially in those cases where there is strong suspicion of malignancy and the punch biopsy does is inconclusive. |
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