A Study of Cytological Evaluation of Cervical Lymphadenopathy in Konaseema Region
Journal Title: Journal of Medical Science And clinical Research - Year 2014, Vol 2, Issue 10
Abstract
Background: Cervical lymphadenopathy is a common clinical problem that presents to us in day today clinical practice. The causes vary from simple treatable infections to malignancies which needs to be investigated. Fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) is simple, quick, inexpensive and minimally invasive technique that can be used as an outpatient procedure to diagnose them. Aims and objectives: 1) To know the overall prevalence of various causes responsible for cervical lymphadenopathy. 2) To know the distribution of various lesions among the age & sex groups. 3) To emphasize the role of fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) in etiologic workup in significant cervical lymphadenopathy.Material and Methods; FNAC was performed on 90 patients who presented with cervical lymphadenopathy to department of Pathology over a period of 6 months Results: The maximum numbers of patients (42.22%) were diagnosed as Tuberculous lymphadenitis, followed by Reactive lymphadenitis (30%), Acute suppurative lymphadenitis (15.5%) and Malignant metastatic deposits (12.22%). Reactive lymphadenitis is the commonest cause of cervical www.jmscr.igmpublication.org Impact Factor 3.79 ISSN (e)-2347-176x Dr Vinay Kumar R et al JMSCR Volume 2 Issue 10 October 2014 Page 2649 JMSCR Volume||2||Issue||10||Page 2648-2654||October-2014 2014 lymphadenopathy in pediatric age group, Infective in 11-40 yrs age group including Tuberculous and Suppurative lymphadenitis, Malignant metastatic disease in more than 40yrs age group. Conclusion: FNAC is simple, quick, minimally invasive, and inexpensive diagnostic modality for the etiologic workup of cervical lymphadenopathy and is almost as sensitive and specific as excision lymph node biopsy when an adequate aspirate is examined by expert eyes
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