IJSR - International Journal of Scientific Research

Subrat Kumar Samantara; Subhranshu Kumar Hota; Sashibhusan Dash; Pooja Mohanty; Madhusmita Rout

Volume : VIII, Issue : VIII, August - 2019

Fine needle aspiration cytology in diagnosis of paediatric lymphadeopathy: a single centre experience.

Subrat Kumar Samantara, Subhranshu Kumar Hota, Sashibhusan Dash, Pooja Mohanty, Madhusmita Rout

Abstract :

Background: In pediatric patients, lymphadenopathy is one of the commonest clinical presentations. Objectives: To study the role of FNAC‘s in diagnosis of pediatric lymphadenopathy in our centre. Material and Methods: The retrospective study was carried out for a period of two years from January 2017 to December 2018 on patients below 15 years of age with lymphadenopathy and subsequently suggested for FNAC of the lesion. Results: In this study, males were predominated (67, 72.82%).The patients age between 6–10 years were most commonly observed. Out of total cases, (72, 78.26%) were non neoplastic and (20, 21.73%) were neoplastic lesions. The cervical lymphadenopathy was the most common in both neoplastic and non neoplastic cases (72, 78.26%). the sensitivity, specificity and diagnostic accuracy of the cytosmears were 95%, 100% and 97.87% respectively. Conclusion: FNAC is not only a rapid, simple, accurate diagnostic procedure for paediatric lymphadeopathy but also useful in further studies like immunohistochemistry, electron microscopy, cytogenetic studies, flow cytometry, and microbiological culture on aspirated material. It is a safe, rappid and cost effective technique for screening and management.