The aim of this study was to evaluate the usefulness of fine-needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) and (99m)Tc-pertechnetate scintigraphy (TS) together in patients with differentiated thyroid carcinoma. Data from a series of 357 patients (284 women and 73 men, median age 43 years, range 19-73) with solitary thyroid nodule and no signs of hyperfunction, who had undergone both FNAC and TS prior to su...

FNAC of breast lump is an accepted and established method to determine the nature of the lump and it may play an important role when it is difficult to determine the nature of breast lump by clinical examination. It has been shown that, FNAC can reduce the number of open breast biopsies. FNAC has been found to have sensitivity ranging from 82% to 97.5% and specificity of more than 99% (7,8 and 9).

UNLABELLED The aim of our study was to assess the accuracy and limitations of ultrasound guided fine-needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) of thyroid nodules. METHODS The usg-FNAC results of 245 patients with thyroid nodules, who afterwards underwent thyroid surgery or who died, and autopsies were carried out, and compared retrospectively with cytologic results. Patients with malignant cytologic ...

Background. Management of breast lumps can be challenging in resource poor settings. Fine-needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) especially when used with cell block can help improve affordability for the patients. Objective. To determine the diagnostic accuracy of FNAC of palpable breast lesions within a 5-year period. Methods. The findings obtained from FNAC of palpable breast lumps seen at the FN...

BACKGROUND Fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) is usually used to evaluate palpable nodes in patients with melanoma. The goal of our study is to review the sensitivity and specificity of this technique when applied to palpable but also to nonpalpable nodes. METHODS FNAC was performed during 1984-2007 in 1279 patients with suspicious lesions and/or lymph nodes. Indications for biopsy includ...

Objective: Measurement of thyroglobulin (Tg) in the wash-out of the needle used to perform FNAB on cervical lymph nodes (FNAB-Tg) provides evidence for metastatic of differentiated thyroid carcinoma (DTC). However, the cutoff value from preoperative patients is still controversial. The objectives of the study were to (1) determine an optimized cutoff value for FNAB-Tg levels (2) compare fine ne...

background and objective: fine needle aspiration cytology (fnac) is a well-established method of diagnosis in palpable masses of various sites. this study was conducted to evaluate the usefulness of fnac as a diagnostic tool in the management of patients with cervical lymphadenopathy. patients and methods: totally 178 patients admitted to loghman-hakim hospital , tehran, iran, with cervical mas...

Breast carcinoma is the leading cause of cancer death in women. Most of the time breast carcinoma presents as breast lump. Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology (FNAC) is a convenient and rapid preoperative diagnostic procedure. In this prospective study, FNAC was performed in patients presenting with breast lump and its findings were correlated with histopathological findings. Out of total 200 cases...

Breast lumps in women are a common clinical problem that requires rapid and accurate diagnosis with an important aim of excluding any malignancy. Careful evaluation, exact diagnosis and definite treatment are mandatory for managing breast lumps. This study was conducted to evaluate the efficacy of fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) for diagnosis of breast lumps in women. 100 patients were e...

INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES Fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) is a globally accepted technique in the preoperative evaluations of head and neck tumours; however, the effectiveness in the interpretation of salivary glands neoplastic lesions is still controversial. The objective of this study consisted of assessing the efficacy of FNAC in preoperative diagnosis of parotid tumours. METHODS ...