“UTILITY OF FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY IN STUDY OF VARIOUS LYMPHNODE LESIONS- TERTIARY HOSPITAL BASED RETROSPECTIVE STUDY.”
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.48047/Keywords:
Lymphnode, Granulomatous, Metastatic carcinoma.Abstract
Background: Lymphadenopathy is one of the commonest clinical presentation of patients attending outdoor department. Fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) is simple rapid, accurate, cost effective and minimally invasive diagnostic tool for evaluating various palpable lymph node lesions. Aim: To evaluate different lesions of lymphnode by FNAC with specific objectives to classify various lesions causing lymphadenopathy into different categories by FNAC.To study the diagnostic role of FNAC in various pathological conditions of lymphnode and differentiate accuracy of FNAC in palpable lesions. Materials and methods: The present study was done during the period of July 2018 to June 2023 in the department of pathology, GMERS Medical College Junagadh.10 ml syringe and 23/24 gauge needles were used for the procedure, material obtained was taken on slide and smears were prepared. Wet smears were stained with Haematoxylin and Eosin stain and dry smears with Giemsa stain.
Results: A total of 400 cases were assessed. Cytological analysis of lymph nodes were done with maximum cases of chronic non-specific lymphadenitis 24.75% followed by chronic granulomatous lymphadenitis 19.5%. Metastatic lymph node comprised 9.5% followed by Non Hodgkins lymphoma of 0.5%
