scholarly journals Fine needle Aspiration Cytology of various Head and Neck Swellings

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 83-86
Author(s):  
Laxman Banstola ◽  
Swasti Sharma ◽  
Bijaya Gautam
Keyword(s):  
Lymph Node ◽  
Head And Neck ◽  
Fine Needle Aspiration ◽  
Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology ◽  
Needle Aspiration ◽  
Neck Mass ◽  
Aspiration Cytology ◽  
Fine Needle ◽  
Lymph Node Pathology ◽  
Needle Aspiration Cytology

Background: Head and neck swelling is a frequently encountered complaint in the outpatient department. A wide plethora of conditions give rise to head and neck lumps. Sometimes the diagnosis of these lesions is apparent from the site and associated features, while at other times the cause for mass in this region can be confusing. Fine needle aspiration cytology has emerged as a reliable tool for clinching the diagnosis in head and neck swellings. Methods and Materials: A retrospective study was conducted in the department of Pathology, Pokhara Academy of Health Sciences, Western Regional Hospital, Pokhara. Details of diagnosed cases of HN swellings from the period of November 2015 to February 2018 were obtained from recorded data. Descriptive statistics was applied from the data collected for analysis. Results: Out of total 456 patients included from a period of 28 months, female patients outnumbered male patients by 1.5 times. The most common age group of presentation for head and neck swellings was observed to be 20-29 years, with 93 patients which comprised of 20.39% of total. Highest incidence was that of lymph node swellings (55.04%) followed by thyroid swellings (21.49%). Conclusion: Lymph node pathology was determined to be the commonest cause for head and neck mass. FNAC is a reliable and inexpensive means in investigating such lesions, which provides immense help in treatment of patients.

scholarly journals Role of fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) in head and neck neoplasms with histopathological correlation

2015 ◽  
Vol 04 (02) ◽  
pp. 80-85
Author(s):  
Junu Devi ◽  
Kunja Lal Talukdar
Keyword(s):  
Lymph Node ◽  
Head And Neck ◽  
Fine Needle Aspiration ◽  
Head And Neck Neoplasms ◽  
Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology ◽  
Needle Aspiration ◽  
Aspiration Cytology ◽  
Fine Needle ◽  
Needle Aspiration Cytology ◽  
Sensitivity Specificity

Abstract Background : Fine needle aspiration cytology is a simple, quick,inexpensive and minimally invasive technique used to diagnose head and neck neoplasms commonly originated from cervical lymph node, thyroid, parotid and other salivary glands. In this study a correlation was done between cytology and histopathology whenever surgical specimens were available. Aim : To assess the frequency of various benign and malignant neoplasms in different age groups and to evaluate the sensitivity, specificity of fine needle aspiration cytology(FNAC) in head and neck neoplasms. Materials and method : The study was conducted between September 2011 to August 2013 and total 249 cases of head and neck neoplasms were analysed. Patients between 1 to 80 years were included in the study. Fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) diagnosis was correlated with histopathology whenever possible. Results: Out of 249 head and neck neoplasms 55.42% were from lymph node, 19.28% were from salivary gland, 14.86% were from thyroid gland, 1.20% were nasal mass, 9.24% from other sites (skin and soft tissue). M:F was 1.4:1. Most commonly affected age group was 51-60 years. Metastatic squamous cell carcinoma was most commonly encountered neoplastic lesion. Overall sensitivity, specificity oflme needle aspiration cytology(FNAC) were 97.92% and 91.67% respectively. Conclusion : Fine needle aspiration cytology is a highly sensitive, specific and has a definite role in diagnosing most of the head and neck neoplasms.

scholarly journals Profile of thyroid lesions presenting at a tertiary care health centre of North India: 2-year pilot study (2018-2019)

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (5) ◽  
pp. 1717
Author(s):  
Manish Munjal ◽  
Nitika Tuli ◽  
Porshia Rishi ◽  
Harjinder Singh ◽  
Shivam Talwar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Lymph Node ◽  
Head And Neck ◽  
Fine Needle Aspiration ◽  
Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology ◽  
Needle Aspiration ◽  
Aspiration Cytology ◽  
Fine Needle ◽  
Medical College ◽  
Needle Aspiration Cytology ◽  
Thyroid Lesions

Background: Diseases of thyroid are of great importance since most of them are amenable to surgical or medical management. Objective of this study was to study the incidence, gender profile, intervention undertaken, fine needle aspiration cytology and histopathological profile of thyroid lesions and correlation of FNAC and HPE studies done after surgical intervention.Methods: This is a prospective study of the patients with thyroid swelling presenting to the head and neck clinic of otorhinolaryngology and head and neck surgery, Dayanand Medical College, Ludhiana over a time period of 2 years (January 2018 to November 2019). All the cases were subjected to a thorough clinical examination followed by evidence-based interventions. Fine needle aspiration cytology was done in all the cases preoperatively as out-patients basis and histopathologically confirmed postoperatively.Results: There were 80/212 subjects presenting in outpatient head and neck clinics of otorhinolaryngology and head and neck services of Dayanand Medical College and Hospital over a period of two years (January 2018 to December 2019). 57 were benign pathologies and 23 malignant. Multinodular goiter was commonest amongst benign (45 cases/78.9%) and papillary carcinoma (19 cases/82.6%) amongst malignant pathologies. Hemithyroidectomy was done in 41 patients (51.2%) while total thyroidectomy was done in 20 patients (25%) while total thyroidectomy with lymph node clearance was done in 19 patients (23.7%). Lymph node involvement was seen in 21.7% (5 cases out of 23 malignant) patients. Fine needle aspiration cytology finding and histopathological examination diagnosis could be corelated in 75 patients (93.75%).Conclusions: Benign lesions are more common than the malignant and amongst malignant papillary carcinoma is the commonest necessitating lymph node clearance.

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