Cyto-diagnosis in Khartoum : is it still a valuable investigation at the current situation ?

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Objective: To determine sensitivity, specificity and accuracy of cytopathology compared to histopathology and clinical diagnosis in general and for different organs Methods: A prospective study conducted in Khartoum Teaching Hospital.

Total number of 1223 cyto- or histo-pathology reports were included.

Data were analysed using SPSS computer program. Results: Total number was 1223, 476 cytopathology and 747 histopathology reports.

The overall sensitivity, specificity and accuracy of cytopathology were 52.7, 61.2 and 56.3% respectively, while those of histopathology were 76.6, 79.9 and 78.2% respectively. Conclusions: Cytopathology has significantly low sensitivity, specificity and accuracy compared to histopathology.