CYTOMORPHOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF ORAL LESIONS AT TERTIARY CARE CENTRE

Dr D.S.Sarate; Dr G.G.Atram; Dr. V.D. Tote; Dr. P.S. Umap

Volume : VII, Issue : VII, July - 2017

CYTOMORPHOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF ORAL LESIONS AT TERTIARY CARE CENTRE

Dr D. S. Sarate, Dr G. G. Atram, Dr. V. D. Tote, Dr. P. S. Umap

Abstract :

Background: Fine needle aspiration cytology is a highly effective tool in the diagnosis of oral and maxillofacial lesions. Inspite of easily approachable site & high possibility of early diagnosis, the number of oral malignancy cases is still high in India.

Aim: Aim of this study was to demonstrate the effectiveness of this cheap and simple procedure for the diagnosis of tumor and tumor like lesions of oral and maxillofacial region. This study also aims to correlate clinical & histopathological findings associated with the lesions and evaluate the sensitivity, specificity of fine needle aspiration.

Materials and Methods: The study was carried out in the Department of Pathology, Government Medical College Nagpur. Total 100 patients of all age groups with various palpable lesions in the oromaxillofacial region formed the study group. Fine needle aspiration samples were obtained from the patients attending surgical Out Patient Department, Govt Medical College, Nagpur & Oral surgery department, Government Dental College, Nagpur. A correlation between cytological and histological diagnosis was done wherever biopsy material was available.

Results: Fine needle aspiration cytology was found to be extremely accurate in diagnosing squamous cell carcinoma .It was also found highly effective in diagnosing intraepithelial lesions . Sensitivity by fine needle aspiration cytology was found to be 92.3 % . Specificity was 100% by this methods.

Conclusion; Fine needle aspiration method is found to be simple, highly sensitive, specific and accurate methods in the diagnosis of oral lesions.