IJSR International Journal of Scientific Research 2277 - 8179 Indian Society for Health and Advanced Research ijsr-8-8-20178 Original Research Paper CORRELATION OF FNAC AND HISTOPATHOLOGY IN THE EVALUATION OF BREAST LUMP Shital R. Dr. August 2019 8 8 01 02 ABSTRACT

Introduction: FNAC is a quick–to–perform, easy, out–patient and virtually painless procedure which became a standard tool for diagnosis in breast lumps. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1) To correlate FNAC and surgical Pathology in evaluation of breast lump. 2) To assess diagnostic accuracy of FNAC and Surgical Pathology of breast lump. Method: This study was performed in retrospective and prospective manner, on Patients presenting with breast lump in the Department of Pathology, Government Medical College and Hospital and Government cancer hospital, Aurangabad during the period of July 2014 to October 2017.All patients with unknown primary diagnosis of breast lump are enrolled for study. Result: Out of 47 cases, 40 cases was correlated on FNAC and histopathology examination. In 40 correlated cases, 37 (91.5%) cases were malignant and 3 (8.5%) cases were benign breast lesion. Our study shows, In 7 discordant cases. Conclusion: FNAC is important preliminary diagnostic test in palpable breast lumps, and done by expert hands, the results show a high degree of correlation with the final histopathology report.