Cytomorphologic patterns of breast lesions in Sudanese patients: lessons learned from fine needle aspiration cytology.

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

Pattern of Benign Breast Lesions on Fnac in Consecutive 100 Cases: a Study at Tertiary Care Hospital in India

Aim: The aim of this study is to study the cytomorphologic features of benign breast lesions and correlate with clinical and histological findings. To find diagnostic accuracy of fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) in benign lesions of breast. Methods: Consecutive 100 patients of benign breast lesions which included 94 females and 6 males were subjected to FNAC. Clinical findings including g...

Diagnostic Accuracy of Frozen Section in Comparison With Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology in Thyroid Lesions – A Prospective Study

Background and Objectives: Thyroid gland because of its superficial location is amenable to direct physical examination. Clinical assessment of thyroid lesions by means of physical examination, thyroid scans and ultrasonography is not completely reliable. Fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) is the most cost-effective, safe and an initial diagnostic test in the pre-operative evaluation of thy...

Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology of Intraocular, Orbital and Eyelid Lesions

Background: Fine-Needle Aspiration Cytology (FNAC) is used for diagnosis of intraocular, orbital and eyelid lesions. In this study we evaluated the outcome and the accuracy of using this technique in diagnosis of benign or malignant behavior of lesions. Methods: FNAC was performed on 26 specimens obtained from 25 patients with intraocular, orbital and eyelid tumors and the results were compared...

Clear Cell Hidradenoma of Breast Mimicking Atypical Breast Lesion: A Diagnostic Pitfall in Breast Cytology

Clear cell hidradenoma (CCH) is an uncommon skin adnexal tumor arising from eccrine glands. Although several kind of skin adnexal tumors arise in the breast tissue, CCH of the breast is an extremely rare entity. Failure to identify its cytomorphologic features and rarity of this tumor may lead to misdiagnosis on fine needle aspiration cytology. Hereby we report a case of 30-year-old female who ...