scholarly journals Importance of fine needle aspiration cytology in revealing the spectrum of axillary swelling: An experience with 30 cases

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 263-268
Author(s):  
Tina Rai ◽  
G.S Rai

FNAC plays an important role in the early diagnosis of the axillary swelling. This study was conducted to document the spectrum of lesions on the patients that came for FNAC with the complain of axillary swelling. Present study was carried out at the Department of Pathology. A total of 30 cases of axillary swelling which were referred for FNAC in the department of Pathology, over the period of 3 months were retrospectively evaluated. All the stained slides of the cases were also reviewed.: From 30 cases there were 13 males and 17 females. On examining the stained slides maximum number of cases presented with chronic granulomatous lymphadenitis followed by Reactive lymphadenitis , Lipoma, Ductal carcinoma metastasis of breast in axillary lymphnode, chronic non-specific lymphadenitis, One unusual case of Hydatid cyst who presenting with axillary swelling was also diagnosed. : FNAC is an important tool in differentiating benign and malignant lesions thus, helps in the proper management of the disease.

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rajneesh Madhok ◽  
Ashish Gupta ◽  
Lalit Singh ◽  
Tanu Agarwal

INTRODUCTION: The study is an attempt to evaluate the sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, negative predictive value, p Value and complications of CT guided thoracic interventions fine needle aspiration cytology and core biopsy which are used for diagnosing benign and malignant thoracic lesions. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Study included 102 Patients (87 males and 15 females) with age group ranged from 15 to 87 years.A total of 143 CT guided interventions (84 FNAC’s and 59 core biopsies) were performed in 102 patients. The tissue obtained was sent to the laboratory for histopathological and cytological analysis for a final diagnosis which would contribute to patient management. RESULTS: All( 59) core biopsies were successful in procuring adequate tissue for histopathological analysis and the yield of core biopsies was 100% .However out of 84 FNAC’s only 4 were unsuccessful in procuring adequate tissue with a failure rate of 4.8%. Post procedural biopsy complications were only three (2.1%) which were small pneumothorax. There were 75 malignant lesions and 23 benign lesions based on cytology and histopathology (4 were excluded due to inadequate sample). There was good agreement between benign and malignant lesions diagnosed on CT and that diagnosed by pathology. The most common benign and malignant lesions were granulomatous lesion and squamous cell carcinoma. CONCLUSION: Percutaneous CT guided interventions like core biopsy and fine needle aspirations cytology are simple minimal invasive procedures with good patient acceptance and low morbidity and almost negligible mortality. CT guided interventions should be performed early for diagnosis of thoracic lesions.


Author(s):  
Nitin Sharma ◽  
Maya Singh ◽  
Pritosh Sharma ◽  
Rahul Nahar ◽  
V. P. Goyal

<p class="abstract"><strong>Background:</strong> Cervical lymphadenopathy is the sign of a disease process which involves lymph nodes that are anomalous in uniformity and dimensions. It is very vital to exercise fine-needle aspiration biopsy, histopathological investigation, and ultrasonography for the diagnosis of palpable lesions.</p><p class="abstract"><strong>Methods:</strong> This is a prospective study of 12-month duration from January 2018 to December 2018 in 61 patients presenting with cervical lymphadenopathy admitted in the ENT Department at Geetanjali Medical College and Hospital, Udaipur.  </p><p class="abstract"><strong>Results:</strong> In biopsy, most common diagnosis was chronic granulomatous lymphadenitis i.e. in 62.3% of the patients. As compared to biopsy, fine-needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) showed chronic granulomatous lymphadenitis in 46% of the patients, with overall sensitivity of 91.1%, and specificity of 60.0%. and accuracy of 88.5%. Whereas ultrasonography (USG) reported, 64% cervical lymphadenopathy in patients, with overall sensitivity came out to be 91.1%, specificity to be 40.0%, accuracy was 86.9%.</p><p class="abstract"><strong>Conclusions:</strong> Present study showed that biopsy is the gold standard procedure for diagnosis of cervical lymphadenopathy lesions followed by FNAC, USG. Tuberculous lymphadenitis was most common diagnosis made by the diagnostic modalities.</p>


2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 97-99
Author(s):  
Amar Narayan Shrestha ◽  
Shova Kunwar ◽  
Barun Babu Aryal ◽  
Anurag Adhikari ◽  
Ayusha Poudel

Introduction: Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology is a relatively simple, inexpensive and rapid diagnostic procedure for identifying cause of lymphadenopathy without need for surgical procedures. This study aims to explain the pattern of lymphadenopathy seen on fine needle aspiration cytology in a tertiary level hospital in KathmanduMaterials and Methods: This study was conducted at Shree Birendra Hospital Nepal. Cases of lymph node FNAC done in the years 2073 and 2074 BS were included in the study. The cases were classified into reactive lymphadenitis, granulomatous lymphadenitis, tubercular lymphadenitis, lymphomas, leukemias, and metastases.Results: A total of 215 patients were included in the study, ranging in age from 2 to 84 years, out of which 98 were female and 117 were male. Reactive lymphadenitis was the most common diagnosis (n=126; 58.6%), followed by granulomatous lymphadenitis (n=34; 15.8%) and tubercular lymphadenitis (n=18; 8.4%). There were 18 cases of metastatic malignancies, 15 cases of suppurative lymphadenitis, and 2 cases of Hodgkin lymphoma and 2 cases of non-Hodgkin lymphoma.Conclusions: Reactive lymphadenitis is the most common type of lymphadenopathy encountered in FNAC, while in the elderly, metastases are more common.


Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document