Fine needle aspiration cytology of swellings of head and neck region

Rathod, Gunvanti B.; Parmar, Pragnesh

doi:10.4103/0019-5359.110896

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“…Our study is similar to the study by Rathod GB et al which showed female preponderance and similar age group. [12] Out of the lymphadenopathies, reactive hyperplasia constituted the majority of the cases (28.57%) and granulomatous lesions (25%). Results by Lawrence et al 2003 showed 59% of cases with reactive hyperplasia followed by granulomatous lesion (41%).…”

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Study of Cervical Neck Masses and Role of Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology in Central India

Agrawal¹,

Sharma²,

Hansrajani³

et al. 2017

Ann. Int. Med. Den.Res.

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Background: Palpable neck swellings include various non-neoplastic and neoplastic lesions of lymph node, salivary glands, thyroid and soft tissue. Fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) is the most cost-effective invasive pre-operative investigation, whose simplicity and safety justify its use for "selective" surgery in diagnosing different types of masses. The aim of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of FNAC as a primary investigation tool in neck masses. The primary objective of the study was to assess the spectrum of head and neck masses and to determine the accuracy of FNAC in detection of various lesions in index medical college hospital and research Centre. Methods: The study included 510 patients presenting with palpable neck swelling in a tertiary care hospital from September 2015 to December 2016. Results:The most frequent cause of neck swelling is lymphadenopathy 58.94%, followed by thyroid swelling 27.36%, soft tissue lesion 10.95% and salivary gland lesions 2.73%. The most common lesion in these patients was non-neoplastic followed by malignant neoplasm. FNAC is an important tool for preoperative clinical diagnosis of non-cystic neck masses with history of more than 3 months. Thus, it helps in planning the surgical management of neck masses and can be confirmed with HPE which is a "gold standard" for diagnosis. Conclusion: Fine needle aspiration cytology is a safe, simple and rapid method that can be done in diagnosing wide range of neck masses.

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Study of Cervical Neck Masses and Role of Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology in Central India

Agrawal¹,

Sharma²,

Hansrajani³

et al. 2017

Ann. Int. Med. Den.Res.

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“…Rathod et al made clinicopathological correlation of head and neck lesions and assessed the frequency of incidences of different sites, age groups, sex, and distribution among inflammation and neoplastic lesion. 10 Fine-needle aspiration diagnosis was correlated with details of relevant clinical findings and investigations. Out of 200 fine-needle aspiration procedures, 52% were of thyroid, 28.50% were of lymph node, 11% from salivary gland, and 4% from soft tissue and miscellaneous swellings.…”

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Evaluation of FNAC of head and neck swellings: a retrospective study

Sangavi

Itagi

Choudhari

et al. 2017

Int J Otorhinolaryngol Head Neck Surg

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Background: Neck swellings are one of the commonest clinical presentations encountered by the practicing physicians. Hence; we undertook the present study to assess the incidence and nature of various head and neck swellings by FNAC.Methods: The present study included evaluation of data of all the patients that underwent FNAC for various head and neck swellings. A total of 100 patients were included in this study in which FNAC was performed with lesions in the head and neck regions in the otorhinolaryngology, pediatric, and surgery departments. Cleaning of the area, to be aspirated, was done and a 23‑gauge needle with syringe and trocar was inserted at convenient angles to the lesions and multiple hits was made within the lesion, with sufficient negative pressure; the needle was removed and the pressure was applied to the area of aspiration to avoid bleeding or hematoma formation. Results: Majority of the patients with head and neck swellings belong to the age group of 21 to 30 years. Only 6 and 4 patients were having age of 51 to 60 years and 61 years and above respectively. Out of 100 patients, 36 were males and 64 were females. In a total of 54 patients, diagnosis of inflammatory lesion was made while in case of 34 and 12 patients; diagnosis of benign and malignant lesions was made respectively.Conclusions: Most of the swellings occurring in the head and neck region are inflammatory in nature and affect females more frequently than males.

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“…In thyroid colloid/nodular goiter is predominant lesion 5 cases were reported (50%) while follicular adenoma is reported in 4 cases (40%) and single case of papillary carcinoma was detected in 60 yr old male Muddegowda et al (14) and Rathod et al (15) also found thyroid lesions as the predominant site of FNAC in their study with colloid goiter as the predominant finding. Female preponderance was observed in thyroid lesions in our study, similar findings reported by Rathod et al (15) and Muddegowda et al (14) . In lymph node lesions tubercular lymphadenitis was the most common pathological findings which is in concordance with Bhagat et al (16) , Sharma et al, Ahmad T et aland El Haq et al Single case of hodgkins lymphoma was reported in 60 yr old male.…”

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confidence: 85%