Prognostic Factors in Childhood IgA Nephropathy.
- Author:
Byoung Soo CHO
;
Deog Yoon KIM
;
Jae Hyun PARK
;
Pyung Kil KIM
;
Hyeon Joo JEONG
;
In Joon CHOI
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Transthoracic fine needle aspiration;
Cytology;
Statistics
- MeSH:
Biopsy, Fine-Needle;
Diagnosis;
Glomerulonephritis, IGA*;
Immunoglobulin A*;
Sensitivity and Specificity;
Seoul
- From:Journal of the Korean Society of Pediatric Nephrology
1997;1(1):17-23
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
The authors report series of 360 cases of transthoracic fine-needle aspiration cytology (TFNA) from Oct. 1982, through Aug. 1986 at the Seoul National University Hospital. A diagnosis of neoplastic lesion was established in 50.3% of the cases. A non-neop- lastic diagnosis was made in 38.5%, nondiagnostic one in 6.5% and inadequate one in 4.7% of the total. Statistical findings on cytological diagnoses were as follows. Specificity was 100%: sensitivity, 92%; predictive value for positive, 1.0: predictive value for negative, 0.9; concordance rate, 84.2%: diagnostic accuracy in non-neoplastic lesion, 65.4%, and typing accuracy in malignant tumor, 0.77.
