Diagnostic accuracy of fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) and histopathology in salivary gland lesions.

Dr . Pratik Desai; Dr . Ami shah

Volume : III, Issue : XI, November - 2014

Diagnostic accuracy of fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) and histopathology in salivary gland lesions.

Dr . Pratik Desai, Dr . Ami Shah

Abstract :

Background: fine needle aspiration cytology is minimally invasive ,cost effective and considered gold standard test for the diagnosis of salivary gland lesion. Aim and objective: An aim of our study was to co–relate the FNAC findings with Histopathological and diagnostic pitfall of the FNAC. Method and Material: A retrospective study of 105 cases was done at pathology department ,B . J . Medical college, Ahmedabad from September 2012 to August 2013.The cases for which both cytological and Histopathological diagnosis were available was selected. FNAC results compared with histological diagnosis. Observation And Result : FNAC sows among the total cases, 94cases( 89.5%) were benign and 11 cases (10.5%) were malignant. Histopathological finding shows 92 cases benign and 13cases malignant. Sensitivity– 77%, specificity–98.9%, accuracy of our study to diagnose malignant lesion–96.1%.