FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY OF OVARIAN TUMOURS WITH HISTOLOGICAL CORRELATION IN RURAL INDIA
Journal Title: Journal of Evidence Based Medicine and Healthcare - Year 2018, Vol 5, Issue 27
Abstract
BACKGROUND In most instances, the physician’s discovery of a pelvic mass is followed by an exploratory laparotomy and surgical resection of part or the entire tumour. MATERIALS AND METHODS The study was undertaken on 47 patients from February 2003 to March 2005. FNAC of ovarian lesions by using 23 Gauge needle and Cameco syringe pistol with disposable 10 cc syringe and whenever required use of USG or CT guidance. The technique of aspiration and preparation of the slides closely followed those recommended by Franzen and Zajicek et al. RESULTS Majority of the cases of malignant lesions were observed in 6th decade (47.60 %) with the mean age of 53.33 years. In the 40 cases (85.10 %) specimen for histological diagnosis were available. It was correlated well in 37 cases (92.5%). CONCLUSION Comparison of cytology with subsequent histology was done and 92.5% correlation was observed.
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Mangesh Virkar, Ravindra Karle
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