Fine Needle Aspiration Bropsy rn a Rural Family Practice

D O'Mahony; I Banach

Fine Needle Aspiration Bropsy rn a Rural Family Practice

D O'Mahony port St Johns
I Banach University of Transkei

Keywords: Fine needle aspiration, biopsy, cytology, tumours, general practice

Abstract

Fine Needle Aspiration Biopsy (FNAB) is a safe economic method of obtaining tissue from a suspicious mass for diagnostic purposes. This study describes the results of FNAB in a family practice in a poor rural community.

Author Biographies

D O'Mahony, port St Johns

MBBCh, DCH, DTM&H, Dip Mid COG(SA), FRCGP Family Practitioner, Bridge Street

I Banach, University of Transkei

MDPhD, MIAC Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, and Director, Telemedicine Unit Faculty of Health Sciences, Umtata

Issue

Vol 45 No 5 (2003)

Section

Original Research

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