Introduction: The incidence of cancer breast is on rise and its early detection is warranted. Inclusion of USG guided FNAC in Tripletest instead of mammography will be cost effective way of early detection of breast cancer. Methodology : 75 breast lesion from 69 female and one male were evaluated with clinical examination, USG images and USG guided FNAC. Twenty cases were further subjected to h...

BACKGROUND The BRAF V600E mutation is highly specific for papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC). A test for this mutation can increase the diagnostic accuracy of fine-needle aspiration cytology (FNAC), but a considerably high false-negative rate for the BRAF V600E mutation on FNAC has been reported. In this study, we investigated the risk factors associated with false-negative BRAF V600E mutation r...

BACKGROUND Salivary gland swellings can result from tumours, an inflammatory process, or cysts. It can sometimes be difficult to establish whether pathology arises from the salivary gland itself or adjacent structures. Fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) is a simple, rapid and safe method to diagnose salivary gland swelling. FNAC has high sensitivity, specificity and accuracy. The aims of th...

Introduction: FNAC is a quick, direct method for diagnosis ofbenign and malignant lesions with increasing popularity due to simplicity &rapidity. Objective:To study the efficacy of FNAC and its Histopathological comparison in diagnosis ofneck lesions. Material & Methods: Cross-sectionalstudy conducted from January 2015 July 2016 in our institute. FNAC of 126 patientswith neck lesions wasdone, s...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study is to find out the common causes of breast lump and to determine the sensitivity and specificity of FNAC of breast lump. MATERIALS AND METHODS This is a retrospective study of FNAC of breast done in pathology department of NMCTH from January 2003 to December 2005. FNAC findings were correlated with data from histopathology records to determine the sensitivity a...

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...

INTRODUCTION Identifying malignancy either preoperatively or intraoperatively can have a significant impact on the management of salivary gland tumours. We review our experience with fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) and frozen section (FS) for salivary gland lesions. We analyse the accuracy of both modalities and their influence on management. MATERIALS AND METHODS Retrospective review ...

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...