FNAC as A Diagnostic Tool in Diagnosing Lymph Node Lesions with Special Emphasis on Tubercular Lymphadenitis: A Prospective One Year Study at a Tertiary Care Centre
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences (IOSR-JDMS) - Year 2019, Vol 18, Issue 1
Abstract
Introduction: Lymph node lesions a common clinical problem often presents a diagnostic dilemma to the clinician. Fine needle aspiration cytology is valuable in solving the above problem. Common causes of neck lymphadenopathy are inflammation, reactive hyperplasia, lymphoproliferative disorder and metastatic disease. Material and methods: This study was a prospective cross sectional study over period of one year[January 2018-December 2018] conducted in the pathology department of J.K hospital attached to L.N. Medical college and Research center, Bhopal .A total of 100 patients referred from various departments were included in our study. Result: Female were more common than males.Most common age group was third decade,most common site was cervical lymph node and most common nonneoplastic lesion being reactive lymphadenitis followed by tubercular and most common neoplastic was metastatic. Conclusion: Our result clearly demonstrate the use of FNAC on enlarged lymph node lesions and offers many advantages to clinician and pathologist, as it is an easy and reliable method and study of our own and others’ long term studies, demonstrate its safety.
Authors and Affiliations
Roma Singh, Pragya Saxena, Pooja Katiyar, Shalakha Agarwal, Sajjan Gupta
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