Cytological Evaluation of Pathological Body Fluids: A One Year Retrospective Study in a Tertiary Care Institute
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences (IOSR-JDMS) - Year 2019, Vol 18, Issue 1
Abstract
Introduction: Cytological evaluation of body fluids is a rapid, simple, cost-effective and relatively patient compliant investigation. Serving both as a diagnostic as well as therapeutic intervention. Material and Method: This was aretrospective study done over aperiod of one year from January 2018 to december2018 in the department of pathology, LN Medical college and research centre, Bhopal. This study included 150 cases of Pleural, Peritoneal, Pericardial, CSF, and Synovial fluids. Result: Out of the 150 cases examined, the most common specimen was pleural fluid with 75 cases[50%] followed by Ascitic fluid with 35 cases [23.5%].The most common pathology noted in all the fluids was Infective/Inflammatory followed by malignancy. Male to Female ratio was 1:1.7.Conclusion:Body fluid cytology is a rapid, simple and cost effective diagnostic modality employed primarily for diagnosis in malignant and non-malignant cases which provides an assess to both clinician and pathologist to reach to a final diagnosis for further patient management
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Pragya Saxena, Pooja Katiyar, Roma Singh, Sajjan Gupta
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