BACKGROUND Tuberculosis (TB) is a major cause of childhood morbidity and mortality in developing countries. One of the main difficulties is obtaining adequate specimens for bacteriological confirmation of the disease in children.The aim of this study is to evaluate the adequacy of fine-needle aspiration (FNA) for the diagnosis of TB. METHODS In a prospective study conducted at the paediatric ...

BACKGROUND Fine needle aspiration is an important tool for diagnosis and preoperative evaluation of solitary nodules of the lung. It provides a definitive diagnosis in most patients at low cost with minimal trauma. However, because of the nature of the study and the presentation of the cells in a more distorted and incomplete tissue structure than a histological slide, false positive results ca...

BACKGROUND The molecular work-up of thyroid nodules from fine needle aspiration samples has given clinicians a new level of diagnostic information. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the utility of molecular analysis in thyroid fine needle aspiration samples from a Chinese population. METHODS Specimens were collected from thyroid nodules by fine needle aspiration. Cytology diagnosis...

Background: Lymph node tuberculosis (LNTB) is the leading form of extra pulmonary tuberculosis and common in our country. Acid Fast Bacilli (AFB) detection by Ziehl-Neelsen (ZN) method in the fine needle aspirate from these lymph nodes is confirmatory. Objective: To assess the diagnostic utility of Ziehl-Neelsen staining in lymphadenopathy cases, since it is commonly used method in the diagnosi...

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...