Original Research Article
Year: 2016 | Month: November | Volume: 6 | Issue: 11 | Pages: 73-79
Study of Fine-Needle Aspiration Cytology of Thyroid Lesions in Rural Area of Bastar District, Chhattisgarh
Sachin A. Badge1*, Anjalee G. Ovhal2**, Khemlal Azad1*, Avinash T. Meshram3*
1Associate Professor, 2Assistant Professor, 3Professor,
*Department of Pathology, **Department of Anatomy,
Late Shree Baliram Kashyap Memorial Government Medical College, Jagdalpur, Chhattisgarh- 494001.
Corresponding Author: Sachin A. Badge
ABSTRACT
Aims and objectives: The present study was carried out to study the spectrum of thyroid lesions on cytology and to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of FNAC in palpable thyroid lesions by comparing with histopathology wherever available.
Materials and methods: The present study is a two year analysis of patients referred to a tertiary care hospital for FNAC of thyroid lesions from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2015. FNAC was performed on 120 patients with diffuse or nodular thyroid enlargement and compared with histopathology wherever possible.
Results: The non-neoplastic lesions were 78 (65%) amongst them colloid goiter was the most common and constituted 58 cases (48.33%). The neoplastic lesions were found in 34 cases (28.33%). The malignant lesions were 10 and papillary carcinoma was the most common malignant tumor constituted 5 cases (5.83%).
Conclusion: Patients can be followed in cases of benign diagnosis and subjected to surgery in cases of malignant diagnosis thereby decreasing the rate of unnecessary surgery.
Key words: Thyroid, FNAC, Histopathology.