Clinicopathological Correlation of Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology With Histopathology in Peripheral Lymphadenopathy in Patients Attending a Tertiary Care Hospital in Eastern Bihar

Abstract

BACKGROUNDLymph nodes are among the organs most commonly biopsied for diagnostic purposes. Their frequent involvement in regional and systemic diseases and their accessibility make the morphologic study of lymph node an important aspect of pathology. In a poor country like ours where the burden of health cost is on the patient him/herself, biopsy as a first line of investigation is a financial problem.The main objective of this study is to determine the reliability of fine needle aspiration cytology of peripheral lymph nodes and to arrive at a diagnosis by correlative study with histopathology.