Abstract

Neck is the most common site of peripheral lymph node enlargement and is very frequently encountered in pathology practice. This study was done to study the prevalence of different percentages of neck swelling in patients presenting with cervical lymphadenopathy in the pathology out-patient department of a G.R.M.C. Gwalior M.P. in 3 years (2020-2023) period and to correlate them with fine needle aspiration cytological diagnosis. Case reports and cytological reports of 309 patients who underwent Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology (FNAC) of cervical lymph nodes and were reviewed in relation to their clinical profiles. The cases were divided according to age, sex, presenting complaints etc and different parameters were described according to these groups. In the cyto-pathological diagnosis, tubercular lymph-adenitis was most prevalent diagnosis (40%). Among the metastatic secondaries(9.7%), squamous cell carcinoma was most common (83%). Non-specific/reactive lymphadenitis was significantly more common in <14 years, TB lymph node in 15–59 years and malignancy among the ≥60 years age group. Malignancy patients presented late in respect to the tuberculosis patients. Knowledge about clinico-demographic perspectives of cervical lymphadenopathy in respect to their cytopathological diagnosis will help care giver practioners to detect/refer the respective cases early for investigations and treatment

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