Abstract Background Axillary lymph node status is an extremely important prognostic factor in evaluating and managing recently diagnosed breast cancer patients. So, preoperative evaluation of the nodes patients with minimally invasive methods significant concern. Ultrasonography main modality used for this purpose, advantages including ability to help guide biopsy. This study aimed compare ultr...

OBJECTIVE To report the efficacy of FNAC in patients with thyroid disease. METHODS Between January 1990 and December 1994 the records of all patients treated surgically for thyroid disease at ENT Head and Neck Surgery of Aga Khan University were reviewed. All the patients had pre-operative FNAC as the first line of evaluation and the histopathologist examined post-operative thyroid specimen. ...

Objective. Histopathology of parotid gland tumors is extremely varied and complex due to heterogeneous cellular composition. Preoperative diagnostic tools include fine needle aspiration cytology, the role of which remains controversial. The aim of this paper is to evaluate the usefulness and accuracy of fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) in the diagnosis of parotid gland tumors. Methods. We...

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS Gene expression classifiers can safely reduce diagnostic thyroid surgery for fine-needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) indeterminate thyroid nodules. STUDY DESIGN Retrospective review, single-institution, single-practice surgeon. METHODS Three-year retrospective review of indeterminate FNAC that went on to gene expression classifier testing. RESULTS A total of 520 patie...

AIMS To determine the role of fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) in the diagnosis and management of thyroid disease. METHODS Clinical histories of 144 patients who had undergone FNAC of the thyroid were analysed. Clinical presentation, non-invasive investigations including hormone assays, ultrasound, and isotope scan procedures were compared with FNAC diagnoses in all cases and with histo...

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES In this present study we have evaluated the feasibility of sub-classification of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) cases according to World Health Organization's (WHO) classification on fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) material along with flow cytometric immunotyping (FCI) as an adjunct. MATERIALS AND METHODS In this five years study, only cases suggested or confirmed as ...

Aim: The aim of this study is to study the cytomorphologic features of benign breast lesions and correlate with clinical and histological findings. To find diagnostic accuracy of fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) in benign lesions of breast. Methods: Consecutive 100 patients of benign breast lesions which included 94 females and 6 males were subjected to FNAC. Clinical findings including g...

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...

Keywords: Mammography Sonomammography FNAC Combined imaging modalities. OBJECTIVES: 1. To evaluate the role of mammography and sonomammography independently and in combination and correlating with FNAC for early diagnosis of breast lesions. 2.Benign To study the characteristics of mammography and sonomammography in detecting breast lesions and differentiating from benign and malignant lesions. ...

OBJECTIVE To determine the accuracy of Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology (FNAC) in cases of gallbladder mass. STUDY DESIGN Comparative study. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY Surgical Units of Mayo Hospital, Lahore and Lahore General Hospital, Lahore in collaboration with the Department of Radiology, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, Lahore and Department of Pathology of PGMI, Lahore, from September 2006 to...