BACKGROUND The BRAF V600E mutation is highly specific for papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC). A test for this mutation can increase the diagnostic accuracy of fine-needle aspiration cytology (FNAC), but a considerably high false-negative rate for the BRAF V600E mutation on FNAC has been reported. In this study, we investigated the risk factors associated with false-negative BRAF V600E mutation r...

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...

Introduction Breast cancer is the second most common cancer in women. FNAC is simple, rapid and safe method to diagnose breast lumps. FNAC has high sensitivity, specificity and accuracy.Objectives The aim of study was to correlate the FNAC diagnosis with histopathology and to find out the pattern of breast lump, sensitivity and specificity of FNAC in diagnosis of breast lumps in our institution...

BACKGROUND Thyroid enlargement is one of the common problems in patients presenting at outpatients department of ENT particularly in females. Thyroid nodules are common, thyroid cancer is uncommon and the most common way for it to present is as a solitary thyroid nodule. This study was conducted to evaluate the sensitivity and specificity of Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology (FNAC) in thyroid dis...

Background: Thyroid swelling can be benign or malignant. It is evaluated by clinical examination, Ultrasonography (USG) and Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology (FNAC). This study was conducted with the aim of comparing discrepancy diagnosis USG, considering FNAC as gold standard. 
 Methods: A prospective observational thyroid swellings convenient sampling carried out over a year (20 October 20...

Introduction: The incidence of cancer breast is on rise and its early detection is warranted. Inclusion of USG guided FNAC in Tripletest instead of mammography will be cost effective way of early detection of breast cancer. Methodology : 75 breast lesion from 69 female and one male were evaluated with clinical examination, USG images and USG guided FNAC. Twenty cases were further subjected to h...

Introduction: FNAC is a quick, direct method for diagnosis ofbenign and malignant lesions with increasing popularity due to simplicity &rapidity. Objective:To study the efficacy of FNAC and its Histopathological comparison in diagnosis ofneck lesions. Material & Methods: Cross-sectionalstudy conducted from January 2015 July 2016 in our institute. FNAC of 126 patientswith neck lesions wasdone, s...

Thyroid swellings are frequent cause for anxiety in patients as well as clinicians and proper accurate diagnosis is essential for their management. They cause cosmetic deformity, pressure symptoms related to trachea, esophagus and blood vessels. Fine needle aspiration is a popular, safe, accurate diagnostic method accepted worldwide for diagnosing thyroid swellings. It's limitations include fal...

INTRODUCTION The aim of this study was to conduct an audit of the sensitivity and specificity of ultrasound, fi ne needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) and frozen section in the evaluation of thyroid malignancies in our practice. MATERIALS AND METHODS The medical records of all the patients who underwent thyroid surgery in a tertiary institution's General Surgery Department between January 2005 ...

The combination of Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology (FNAC) with radioimaging has revolutionized diagnosis of lung masses.The present study was carried out to assess diagnostic utility of Transthoracic FNAC in lung lesions. The present study comprises 73 patients undergoing the procedure under Computed Tomography (CT) guidancein 57 cases and under Ultrasonography (USG) in 16 cases. With a high se...