Nazar Hussain, A S Sheikh, M H Bokhari, Naveed I A.
The value of Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology in the diagnosis of lymphodenopathy.
Biomedica Jan ;18:38-40.

A study of one hundred and five patients of lymphadenopathy was carried out to determine the diagnostic role of Fine needle aspiration cytology (FNA) and to see the pattern of diseases with which patients presented. The commonest lesion encountered was tuberculosis (55.238%) followed by reactive hyperplasia (28.571%), malignant lymphoma (7.169%) and metastatic carcinoma (5.714%). Biopsy results were compared with cytological findings which revealed an accuracy of 95%. As the sensitivity of FNAC in cases of tuberculosis and malignancy is 100% and specificity 98% in the present study, it is recommended that this highly useful technique should be routinely adopted.

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