Pilomatrixoma – Incidental Diagnosis by Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology

Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology versus Fine Needle Capillary Sampling in Cytological Diagnosis of Thyroid Lesions

Background and Objectives: Fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) is an established out- patient procedure used in primary diagnosis of palpable thyroid lesions. A modified technique fine needle capillary sampling (FNCS) obviates the need of suction, is less painful, patient friendly and reported to overcome the problem of inadequate and bloody specimens. The aim of our study was to compare the...

Extrapulmonary tuberculosis: fine needle aspiration cytology diagnosis.

BACKGROUND The increasing prevalence of extrapulmonary manifestation of tuberculosis with the HIV scourge is a cause for concern. OBJECTIVE To determine the role of fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) in the diagnosis of extrapulmonary tuberculosis. PATIENTS AND METHODS This is a consecutive 9-year analysis of patients with peripheral lymphadenopathy. All the patients had fine needle asp...

Needle Core Biopsy Should Replace Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology in Breast Lesions Diagnosis

Fine-needle aspiration cytology.

Fine needle aspiration cytology is an inexpensive, atraumatic technique for the diagnosis of disease sites. This paper describes the technique and illustrates how it may be applied to the management of tumours throughout the body. The limitations of the method, the dangers of false positive reports, and the inevitability of false negative diagnoses are emphasised. In a clinical context the meth...

Fine-Needle Aspiration Cytology

The multidisciplinary team dealing with patients with thyroid nodules must include a pathologist. The aim is to make the correct diagnosis as soon as possible after presentation, to prevent surgery where it is not required, and to allow treatment to be planned when malignancy is diagnosed. The first investigation should now be fine-needle aspiration (FNA) cytology. With adequate specimens, the ...