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The aim of this study was to evaluate the institutional results of this preoperative diagnostic procedure.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>\n\nMaterials and Methods:<\/jats:title>\nA total of 182 cases of preoperative FNAC of suspicious ALN where retrieved from the pathology files. The results were compared with the final histology and staging. False negative (FN) FNAC cases were reviewed and possibly missed metastatic cases (2) were immunostained with the epithelial marker AE1\/AE3.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>\n\nResults:<\/jats:title>\nThere were no false positives, whereas 16 cases were FN. In all but one case the FN's represented sampling error. Half of the 16 FN cases in this series were macrometastases.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>\n\nDiscussion:<\/jats:title>\nAbout 83% of the preoperatively aspirated cases were N+, indicating that a radiologically suspicious ALN has a very high risk of being metastatic. Preoperative US guided FNAC from radiologically suspicious ALN is highly efficient in detecting metastases. 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