Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology of Breast: Current Perspective on The Role In Diagnosis
Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology of Breast: Current Perspective on The Role In Diagnosis
Keywords:
Breast lesions, Ductal carcinoma, Fibroadenoma , Fine needle aspiration cytology, HistopathologyAbstract
Background: Breast cancer is the common malignant lesion in women. Fine-needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) of the breast is a minimally invasive yet maximally diagnostic method. Aim: The aim was to study the cytomorphological features of breast lesions and to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of fine needle aspiration cytologyin breast lesions. Methods: This study was carried out on 175 patients who presented with palpable lumps in breast in the Department of Pathology; AMC MET Medical College, Ahmadabad, India, from January2015 to August 2016. Cytological diagnosis was given and histopathological correlation was made, whenever available. Results: Out of 175 cases of breast lesions, 128 (73.14%) were benign& 41 (23.43%) were malignant. Fibro adenoma (40%) was the most common benign lesion and ductal carcinoma (23.43%) was the most common malignant lesion. Sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value & negative predictive value were found to be 97.5%, 100%, 100% &98.48% respectively with diagnostic accuracy to be 99.04%.Conclusion: FNAC is a simple, cost effective procedure that can be carried out at outpatient department. FNAC should be practised as there is high diagnostic accuracy of the method. [Biren P NJIRM 2017; 8(4):73-77]
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