EVALUATING THE EFFICACY OF IMPRINT CYTOLOGY IN DIAGNOSING THYROID NEOPLASM

Abstract

Thyroid disorders are a common clinical problem seen in surgical practice, frequently presenting as thyroid nodules with estimated prevalence ranging from 4% by palpation to 67% by non-palpation. Since only malignant nodules or large symptomatic nodules need surgery, a systemic approach is necessary to avoid erroneous surgical intervention. Imprint cytology is cost effective, simple and rapid intraoperative diagnostic modality. The current study is designed to study the age, sex profile in the spectrum of various thyroid lesions and to assess the efficacy of imprint cytology by comparing it with frozen section and histopathological diagnosis.