Title: Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology of palpable Thyroid lesions –An Evaluation for Diagnostic Accuracy
Abstract: Background: Fine needle aspiration cytology is a diagnostic tool used in the clinical work-up of palpable thyroid lesions, to triage them into operative and non-operative lesions, as they have higher incidence of malignancy. Materials and Methods: Prospective analytical study to assess the accuracy of fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) in palpable thyroid lesions, conducted at Mysore Medical College and Research Institute, Mysore from December 2008 to May 2010. Fine needle aspiration done for 220 patients with palpable thyroid lesions was analyzed. In 70 patients histopathological study was made and cytohistopathological correlation was done. Results: Out of 220 cases, female sex was found to be predominant (90.45%) and mean age of the patients was 35.67 years. Sensitivity, specificity and accuracy of the study for non neoplastic lesions were 63.16%, 100%, 91.43% and neoplastic lesions were 80%, 100%, 95.71% respectively. Conclusions: Fine needle aspiration is an excellent first line method for evaluating the nature of thyroid lesion. This technique is cost effective, minimally invasive and has high diagnostic accuracy.
Publication Year: 2013
Publication Date: 2013-12-10
Language: en
Type: article
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