Background: Thyroid lesions are the important clinical problems encountered in most of patients coming to the tertiary care centre. Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology (FNAC) is the widely accepted diagnostic technique in thyroid lesions. A solitary thyroid nodule is dened as a palpable, single, clinically detectable nodule in the thyroid. They cause more concern because of high probability of malignancy in them, which can range from 5-35% of all solitary thyroid nodules. Nodular lesion comprises those disorders that produce a clinical nodule and consists of non-neoplastic hyperplasia as well as benign and malignant tumors. Aims and Objectives:To study the spectrum of clinical presentation of individuals with thyroid lesions and cytomorphological features. Material and methods: A retrospective study was carried out in cytopathology section in Department of Pathology from January 2015 to December 2017. Total 212 patients with palpable thyroid swelling referred from the OPD of J.A hospital for FNAC were included in the study. The smears made from the aspirate were air dried and stained with May-Grunwald-Giemsa (MGG) stain. Result: The present study was carried out in the Department of Pathology from January 2015 to December 2017. Out of 212 cases most common thyroid lesion was Colloid goitre 35.38%(n=75) followed by Colloid goitre with cystic changes 19.81%(n=42), Follicular Neoplasm 19.34%(n=41), Hashimoto thyroiditis 7.55%(n=16), Colloid cyst 6.13%(n=13), Infected cystic lesion 2.83%(n=6), Benign hyperplasia of thyroid 2.36%(n=5), Adenomatoid goitre 1.89%(n=4), Thyroglossal cyst 1.89%(n=4), Granulomatous thyroiditis 1.41%(n=3), Papillary thyroid carcinoma 0.94%(n=2) and least common was Lymphoma of thyroid 0.47%(n=1). Conclusion: FNAC is almost an accurate technique in diagnosis of palpable and overt thyroid lesions. Thyroid lesions are more common in females than males. Colloid goitre is the commonest thyroid lesion.

Background: Thyroid gland is a specialized endocrine organ which has various functions in our body, and it is essential for our survival and metabolic functions. Thyroid hormone has various effects in catabolism of carbohydrate and lipid with synthesis of various proteins whose nal outcome is increased BMR. Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology (FNAC) is the commonly used diagnostic technique in thyroid lesions. FNAC of thyroid is the easiest, simple and economical method to assess the diagnosis. Our study is about the prevalence of benign thyroid lesion in all the goitre. To study the spectrum of Aims and Objectives: benign thyroid lesions among all the goitre. This is a 6 year retrospective study which was carried out in cytopat Material and methods: hology section in Department of Pathology from January 2013 to December 2018. Total 866 patients with palpable thyroid swellings were included in the study. The smears made from the aspirate were air dried and stained with May-Grunwald-Giemsa (MGG) stain. Result: Benign lesions in goitre were more common in females. The average age group was found to be 35 years. Out of 866 cases most common thyroid lesion was Colloid goitre 60.97% (n=528), followed by Follicular Neoplasm 10.62% (n=92), Benign cystic lesion 9.47% (n=82) Hashimoto thyroiditis 8.54% (n=74), Malignant lesion 5.43% (n=47), Granulomatous thyroiditis 2.31% (n=20), Primary hyperplasia of thyroid 2.08% (n=18) and 0.58% (n=5) was unsatisfactory. Goitre Conclusion: is common in females than males. Colloid goitre is the commonest thyroid lesion. FNAC is almost an accurate technique for diagnosing thyroid lesions and probable accurate line of management.