Comparative study between fine needle aspiration cytology and histopathology in the diagnosis of breast lump
Journal Title: IP Journal of Diagnostic Pathology and Oncology - Year 2018, Vol 3, Issue 2
Abstract
Aims and Objectives 1To compare the results of fine needle aspiration cytology FNAC and histopathological study of biopsy in detecting breast cancer in suspicious breast lumps in outpatient setting 2 To study the accuracy of FNAC in diagnosing various breast lumps 3 To know whether the cancer patients can be managed based on FNAC diagnosis alone without histological studyMethodology It was a hospital based retrospective study carried out from the data retrieved from the Dept of Pathology of Mysore Medical College Mysore in a period from August 2016 September 2016Period of Study 2 months Sample Size 50 patientsResults In the present study FNAC had sensitivity of 50 specificity of 100 positive predictive value of 100 negative predictive value of 8837 In this case FNAC is highly specific with maximum positive predictive valueConclusion Benign neoplasms of the breast are more common than malignant oneThe present study shows FNAC correlation with histopathology with high specificity and maximum positive predictive value The sensitivity of FNAC is less compared to biopsy However FNAC can be used as an indicative diagnosis one stop for breast cancer examination in outpatient setting Accuracy of FNAC enables to proceed with surgery or not It bridges the gap between clinical evaluation and final surgical pathological diagnosis in majority of cases It enables the clinician to obtain a diagnosis in high percentage of cases with minimal expenditure of time amd money and often to avoid unnecessary surgeryKeywords Fine needle aspiration cytology Sensitivity Specificity Diagnostic accuracy
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Chetan K B, Sreenivas N
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