A THREE YEARS STUDY OF FNAC OF SALIVARY GLAND LESIONS IN A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL

Barnali Das; Deep Jyoti Kalita

Volume : VI, Issue : III, March - 2016

A THREE YEARS STUDY OF FNAC OF SALIVARY GLAND LESIONS IN A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL

Barnali Das, Deep Jyoti Kalita

Abstract :

The proximity of tissues of various types and the wide range of primary and metastatic neoplasms are responsible for the region of Salivary gland being among the most interesting and challenging in FNAC diagnosis.Salivary gland neoplasms accounts for less than 2% of all neoplasms of the body.FNAC is employed in preoperative diagnosis of all the salivary gland neoplasms.Superficial locations of the salivary glands make them suitable for FNAC.Here we present a 3 years study of Salivary gland lesions in a tertiary care hospital of North East India.Out of 126 cases 35.71% were malignant and 64.29% were benign.Pleomorphic adenoma was the most common benign neoplasm(56.35%) while Mucoepidermoid carcinoma was the most common malignant neoplasm.Most of the cases were reported in the third decade of life.