ROLE OF FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY IN BREAST LESIONS
Journal Title: Journal of Evolution of Medical and Dental Sciences - Year 2018, Vol 7, Issue 21
Abstract
BACKGROUND FNAC is a relatively simple procedure with good patient acceptance and low morbidity. It is an accurate, safe and repeatable procedure in the diagnosis of various breast lesions- both malignant and non-malignant. Aims and Objectives: 1. To study the spectrum of both benign and malignant lesions of breast by FNAC. 2. To study the cytomorphological features of various breast lesions by FNAC. 3. To study the incidence of various breast lesions and categorisation of breast lesions on the basis of five tier system. MATERIALS AND METHODS The study was a descriptive cross-sectional study carried out from July 2016 to June 2017 in Department of Pathology, Saraswathi Institute of Medical Sciences, Anwarpur, Pilkhuwa, Hapur, U. P. The inclusion criterion included all the new cases of palpable breast mass sent for FNAC to the Pathology department including both males and females Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology (FNAC) was performed on enrolled patients by the Pathologist. The staining methods used were- Giemsa Staining and Haematoxylin and Eosin Staining. RESULTS The most common affected age group was 21 to 40 years having 60% patients. FNAC results were divided according to the spectrum of lesions on cytomorphological interpretation and diagnosis into benign (61 cases), inflammatory (22 cases) and malignant (12 cases), atypical/ probably benign (3 cases) and no definite opinion (2 cases). In 12 malignant lesions, maximum cases that is 10 cases were of ductal carcinoma and only 2 were diagnosed as mucinous carcinoma. Categorisation of breast lesion on the basis of 5 tier system was done in which 2 cases were of C1, 65 cases of C2, 18 cases of C3, 3 cases of C4 and 12 cases of C5. CONCLUSION It can be concluded that FNA should be used as a routine diagnostic procedure for breast lumps due to its cost effectiveness, quick results and high accuracy
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Atul Upadhyay, Surubhi Solanki, Sarandeep Singh Puri, Paramjit Singh Dhot, Parul Singhal
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