Study of fine needle aspiration cytology of palpable head and neck lesions in tertiary care centre
Journal Title: Indian Journal of Pathology and Oncology - Year 2018, Vol 5, Issue 3
Abstract
Introduction Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology FNAC of neck masses is a quick easy safe and cheap technique and has been a well accepted procedure in diagnosing various swellings In head and neck regions FNAC is widely used such as in the lymph nodes thyroid salivary glands and other neoplasmsAims and Objectives 1To evaluates the role of FNAC and its utility in diagnosis of palpable head and neck masses 2 To study the spectrum of head and neck lesions in rural population 3 To study diagnostic accuracy of FNAC by histopathological correlation wherever possibleMaterials and Methods The present study includes 706 cases of palpable head and neck swelling in department of pathology of tertiary care centre from January 2016 to June 2017 Aspiration was done and cytological diagnosis was given Cytohistopathological correlations were done wherever possibleResult Total 706 patients of palpable head and neck lesions studied out of that lymph node 3300 was common site followed by thyroid lesion 3031 miscellaneous 2280 and salivary gland 1388 Most common nonneoplastic benign neoplastic and malignant neoplastic lesion is reactive lymphadenitis colloid goiter of thyroid and metastasis of squamous cell carcinoma in lymphnode respectively Accuracy rate of FNAC in 70 cases which are correlated with histopathological examination was 9571 with sensitivity and specificity of 7857 and 100 respectivelyConclusion Fine needle aspiration cytology is simple rapid and safe diagnostic tool with accuracy of 9571 for differentiating neoplastic from nonneoplastic lesions of palpable head and neck regionKeywords FNAC Head and neck Lymphnode Thyroid
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Jadhav D. S, Barge A. K, Valand A. G
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