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Background Thyroid lesions are one of the common conditions encountered in clinical practice. In India especially Uttrakhand region Iodine deficiency is a major public health problem so many of the patients presents with solitary or diffuse goitre. FNAC is found to be the most effective tool for the evaluation of these lesion and helps to differentiate infective, inflammatory benign lesions to neoplastic and malignant lesions. Aim& Objectives The aim of the present study was to determine the epidemiological profile of various thyroid lesions Using fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) at our institute. Material And Method A retrospective study was conducted in Government Doon Medical college ,Dehradun for the duration of June 2012 to June 2015.Total 251 cases were evaluated. Result The most common age group of presentation was 40-50 years with M:F -1:12.8 Out of total 251 cases of thyroid, FNAC revealed 222cases (86.8%) as benign which comprises of 8(3.18%) Unsatisfactory lesion. colloid goitre181 cases (72.1%) and lymphocytic thyroiditis 38 case (15.1%),3 case (1.1%) each as follicular lesion of indeterminate significance,9 cases (3.58%) were reported as follicular neoplasm , 2 (0.79%) as suspicious for malignancy, and 7 cases (2.78%) as malignant. Conclusion Benign thyroid swellings are the most common presentation for which FNAC is a single most effective sensitive tool for diagnosis of these lesions and highly effective in determining the nature of disease.

Evaluation of Thyroid Swelling By Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology: A Single Institute Experience in Uttrakhand Region of Northern India.