Correlation between cytological diagnosis and the final clinicopathological diagnosis for the 406 patients
| Cytological diagnosis | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Clinicopathological diagnosis | Negative | Atypical | Malignant |
| The apullary neoplasm category included three adenomas of ampulla and the cholangiocarcinoma group included one bile duct adenoma. | |||
| HCC, hepatocellular carcinoma; ND, not determined. | |||
| Benign (n = 160) | 145 | 12 | 3 |
| Neoplastic (n = 246) | |||
| Carcinoma of pancreas (n = 146) | 40 | 19 | 87 |
| Cholangiocarcinoma (n = 48) | 12 | 6 | 30 |
| Ampullary neoplasm (n = 16) | 6 | 0 | 10 |
| Gallbladder carcinoma (n = 7) | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Malignant, site ND (n = 16) | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| Islet cell tumour (n = 2) | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| HCC (n = 3) | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Metastasis (n = 8) | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| Total | 215 | 41 | 150 |