Role of Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology in Tuberculous Lymphadenitis
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Tuberculous lymphadenitis continues to be one of the most common causes of lymphadenitis. FNAC avoids the physical and psychological trauma occasionally encountered after biopsy, general anaesthesia, a surgical operation and hospitalisation. We wanted to study the utility and limitations of FNAC in tuberculous lymphadenitis. Total 1272 FNAC cases with enlarged superficial lymphnodes were included in the study. Of all 800 cases of tuberculosis, histomorphological study was done in 4 patients and all 4 correlated with the cytologic diagnosis, thus giving diagnostic accuracy of 100%. Thus, FNAC lymphnode in tuberculosis can replace excision biopsy.
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