FINE‐NEEDLE ASPIRATION BIOPSY OF PAROTID LESIONS: COMPARISON WITH FROZEN SECTION

Abstract

A diagnostic FNAB is an accurate and useful tool in the management of parotid lesions. An FNAB diagnosis of pleomorphic adenoma obviates the need for frozen section. The performance of FNAB in parotid tumours does not in any way preclude the necessity of surgical removal of such lesions except in exceptional circumstances.