The reliability of fine needle aspiration cytology in the diagnosis of thyroid swelling

Authors

  • Obaid Syed Department of Surgery, JIIU’S IIMSR, Warudi, Jalna, Maharashtra, India
  • Anand Auti Department of Surgery, JIIU’S IIMSR, Warudi, Jalna, Maharashtra, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18203/2349-2902.isj20175121

Keywords:

Cytology, FNAC, Thyroid gland

Abstract

Background: For a thyroid swelling, FNAC is the primary investigation. In most of the lesions, after excision, the Histopathology remains the same, but at times a few surprises do occur when FNAC reported benign lesions are found to be malignant on histopathology. The study aims to find reliability of FNAC in diagnosing Thyroid Lesions.

Methods: This prospective study was conducted on 111 patients with thyroid swelling attending IIMSR, Medical College, Jalna during a period of two years. These patients with thyroid lesions were subjected to FNAC and then following the surgery correlated with the histopathology report.

Results: Majority of the patients were in the age group of 30-50 years with female predominance. Out of 111 patients studied with FNAC, 1 sample was inadequate. Among remaining 110 cases 99 were benign thyroid lesions, 6 were malignant and 5 were highly suspicious of malignancy. HPE of thyroid specimen confirmed 101 cases as benign and 9 cases as malignant. Case in which inadequate material was obtained on FNAC was not included in study.

Conclusions: FNAC is about 98.18 % reliable in diagnosing thyroid lesions. FNAC is easy, reliable and accurate investigation for all thyroid swellings.

 

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2017-11-25

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