PALPABLE BREAST LUMPS FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY & HISTOPATHOLOGICAL CORRELATION BY UNITED KINGDOM NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE BREAST CANCER SCREENING PROGRAMME.

Nidhi Agrawal; Sanjay Chaudhary; Harsh vardhan

Volume : IV, Issue : XI, November - 2015

PALPABLE BREAST LUMPS FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY & HISTOPATHOLOGICAL CORRELATION BY UNITED KINGDOM NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE BREAST CANCER SCREENING PROGRAMME.

Nidhi Agrawal, Sanjay Chaudhary, Harsh Vardhan

Abstract :

Background: Fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) for the diagnosis of lump east has been proved as a simple, rapid and economical Procedure. Aims: Present study was undertaken to evaluate palpable east lumps fine needle aspiration cytology & histopathological correlation by UNITED KINGDOM NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE BREAST CANCER SCREENING PROGRAMME (UKNHSBCSP). Material and methods: The study was conducted in Department of Pathology, PSMC, Karamsad, Gujarat, over a period of 2 years. A total of 66 cases of east lump for which FNAC was done with histological follow–up were included in the study. Breast aspirates were provisionally diagnosed based on United Kingdom National Health Service Breast Cancer Screening Programme. Results: Efficacy of FNAC to determine malignant lesions in our study showed a sensitivity of 91.3%, specificity of 100%, diagnostic accuracy of 96.5%, positive predictive valve of 100% and negative predictive value of 90.7%. Conclusion: FNAC was found to be safe, easy, cheap and accurate and could be a good alternative to open biopsy