In the assessment of Thyroid lesions Fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) is widely considered as the diagnostic technique of choice. Retrospectively 96 patients with Thyroid nodules seen during the period August 2012 – July 2013 were analyzed to determine the utility and diagnostic accuracy in establishing the diagnosis of thyroid lesions.

PURPOSE The purpose of this study was the clinical evaluation of ultrasound-guided biopsy in comparison with ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration biopsy of identical, non-palpable breast lesions. MATERIALS AND METHODS From August 1997 until July 1998, 73 ultrasound-guided biopsies were performed in 66 patients with non-palpable lesions of the breast. In 18 patients (age 33-77 years) with ...

OBJECTIVE To assess the individual and combined diagnostic accuracy of clinical examination, mammography, and fine needle aspiration biopsy in young women with breast cancer. DESIGN Analysis based on case notes of patients presenting with breast cancer during 1971-89. SETTING A combined breast clinic. PATIENTS Consecutive series of 81 women aged less than 36 with histologically proved bre...

We evaluated the malignancy and nondiagnostic rates using fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) results in thyroid nodules smaller than 1 cm according to the subdivided size. We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of all subjects underwent FNAC from 2003 to 2009 in our hospital, and 2,756 patients of subcentimeter thyroid nodules with one or more suspicious sonographic features and 7,...

mucormycosis is a fatal and life threatening infection particularly in immunocompromised patients, so early diagnosis and rapid treatment is life saving. a 52-year-old female, known case of diabetes mellitus, presented with chills, fever, fatigue and anorexia. a subcutaneous mass was detected around the umbilicus (4x4). fine needle aspiration of the mass showed mucor hyphea with little inflamma...

Implantation of cancer cells from needle biopsy has been reported in a wide range of malignancies. Fine needle aspiration biopsy has become an accepted method for assessment of thyroid nodules. Local reappearance of thyroid cancer from needle track dissemination is a rare complication of thyroid aspiration. A 45-year-old female developed local recurrence of papillary thyroid carcinoma four year...

This is a review of the positive biopsy rate of nonpalpable breast lesions detected on mammography. The histology of 130 hookwire excision biopsy from 1990 to 1995 and the cytology of 39 stereotactic fine needle aspiration cytology in 1995 were reviewed. The yearly positive biopsy rate of each procedure was determined. In 1990, the positive biopsy rate for hookwire excision biopsy was 15%, in 1...

background: biloma is a rare abnormal localized accumulation of bile out of biliary tree due to an injury. it has different non-specific clinical features and its diagnosis is based on clinical signs, radiologic findings and chemical analysis of aspirated liquid. considering the non-specific clinical features, early diagnosis and treatment can have an effective role in the decrease of complicat...

background & objective: abdominal cutaneous and subcutaneous nodules are uncommon lesions which may be benign or malignant. majority of the malignant nodules are metastatic in origin and may be the initial presentation of primary malignancy, hence an early diagnosis is important. our aim was to find out the spectrum of lesions (both non-neoplastic and neoplastic) that present as cutaneous a...

Fine needle aspiration cytology of superficial as well as of deep seated lesions is now well recognized in diagnosis of neoplastic as well as nonneoplastic and inflammatory lesions. Recently it has also gained popularity for its diagnostic and therapeutic role in male infertility. The purpose of this article was to review various studies published on role of testicular fine needle testicular cy...