Vol. 5, Issue 3, Part A (2022)
To study the impotence of the correlation between fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) and histopathological diagnosis of thyroid lesion
Author(s):
Dr. Pruthvi Patel and Dr. Dhrumil Patel
Abstract:
Introduction: Fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC)is popular diagnostic as well as therapeutic test in thyroid pathology. FNAC has become the effective method in the Evaluation of thyroid lesion, being the safe, fast, reliable, and minimally invasive, cost Effective and reaching high sensitivity and Specificity.
Aims and Objectives: The Aim of this study is to establish a cytohistological correlation in thyroid lesion and to find out can FNA obviate the need for histopathological diagnosis of thyroid lesion.
Materials and Methods: The retrospective study was conducted in the department of Pathology of Geetanjali medical college and hospital, Udaipur, during the period between June 2020 to October 2021. Data for study is obtained from departmental records and tissue specimens received in the histopathology and cytology sections section in the specified period of study.
Results: In the present study, 225 cases of Thyroidectomy were received at the Histopathology Section of Pathology Department, Geetanjali medical college and hospital, Udaipur, during the period Between June 2020 to October 2021. Out of These, 190 were non-neoplastic and 35 were Neoplastic. Among 35 neoplastic lesions, 28 Were benign and 7 were malignant,120 cases Were correlated with FNAC findings. In correlation study, FNAC had 100% Accuracy for malignant lesions.
Pages: 16-20 | 758 Views 298 Downloads
How to cite this article:
Dr. Pruthvi Patel and Dr. Dhrumil Patel. To study the impotence of the correlation between fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) and histopathological diagnosis of thyroid lesion. Int. J. Clin. Diagn. Pathol. 2022;5(3):16-20. DOI: 10.33545/pathol.2022.v5.i3a.473
