background and objective: fine needle aspiration cytology (fnac) is well accepted as a useful diagnostic technique in the management of adult patients with head and neck lumps. but, until recently, very few reports have been obtained regarding the role of fnac in nonthyroidal neck masses in children. hence, the objective of our study was to determine the diagnostic value of fine needle aspirati...

A nodular thyroid gland is a common occurrence, especially among females; although chances of these lesions being malignant are rare [1]. In Sri Lanka, thyroid cancer is one of the five leading sites of cancer in females, and has a life time risk of 0.357% for both males and females [2]. The gold standard for diagnosis of thyroid pathologies is histopathology. However it is important to correct...

Patients with anterior neck swelling constitute common problems encountered in the clinical practice. In all age groups, including children, thyroid cancer is most prevalent endocrine system cancer. Initial diagnostic testing using fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) has been found to be quick and cost effective. Therefore, it widely accepted more cases are diagnosed at an early stage, but a...

Abstract Introduction Axillary lymph nodes have long been recognized as a route for breast cancer to spread systemically, thus the assessment of axilla with ultrasound should be undertaken if suspicious findings are identified in or axilla. Needle biopsy: (Fine needle aspiration (FNA) core biopsy (CB) -under imaging guidance- is indicated enlarged axillary mass lesion (U2–5) identified. Multipl...

BACKGROUND The spectrum of parotid disease in southern Africa has not previously been reported. METHODS A review of all parotidectomies performed by a single surgeon over a period of 10 years (1994 - 2004) in Cape Town, South Africa, is presented. Data were collected from a retrospective chart review. RESULTS One hundred and ninety-nine parotidectomies were performed and 196 pathology repor...

BACKGROUND Fine-needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) has been widely accepted as the most crucial step in the preoperative assessment of thyroid nodules. Testing for the expression of specific genes should improve the accuracy of FNAC diagnosis, especially when it is performed in samples with indeterminate cytology. METHODS In total, 69 consecutive FNACs that had both cytologic and histologic di...

Paediatric abdominal tumours include a variety of neoplasm having characteristic incidence, pathology and clinical behaviour. Pathologists play a very important role in the management of paediatric abdominal masses by giving an accurate diagnosis for these potentially curable tumours. Fine-needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) is a rapid and valuable tool in this regard. The aim of the present stud...

Fine-needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) is an established, highly accurate, and cost-effective method for diagnosing lesions in different organs, including the breast. The method is minimally invasive without unwanted side effects. FNAC forms part of the triple assessment of breast lesions. Despite some shortcomings of the reporting categories, FNAC as part of the triple assessment has proved it...

BACKGROUND Fine-needle aspiration cytologic technique (FNAC), a method to detect malignancy for undetermined pulmonary nodules, may have a high potential to spread malignant cells from the tumor to the pleural cavity. OBJECTIVE The authors assessed malignant cell spread through the needle tract following FNAC for peripheral lung carcinoma. MATERIALS AND METHODS Lung lobes resected from 20 p...