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Fine‐needle aspiration cytology in lymphadenopathy of HIV‐positive patients
Author(s) -
Nayak Sujata,
Mani Reeta,
Kavatkar Anita N.,
Puranik Shaila C.,
Holla Vasudev V.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
diagnostic cytopathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.417
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1097-0339
pISSN - 8755-1039
DOI - 10.1002/dc.10340
Subject(s) - medicine , malignancy , cytology , fine needle aspiration cytology , tuberculosis , cervical lymphadenopathy , fine needle aspiration , pathology , tuberculous lymphadenitis , abscess , biopsy , dermatology , surgery , disease
Fine‐needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) of 32 HIV‐positive cases presenting with lymphadenopathy was performed to evaluate its role in this group of patients. For each case air‐dried smears were stained with Leishman, hematoxylin and eosin, and Zeihl‐Neelsen stains for acid fast bacilli (AFB). The results were tuberculous (TB) lymphadenopathy (15), reactive lymphadenopathy (10), acute lymphadenitis/abscess (5), and suspected malignancy (2). In seven cases of TB lymphadenitis findings were suggestive of TB since no AFB was demonstrable on the cytology smears. In TB lymphadenitis, two additional patterns besides necrotising granulomatous (4) and granulomatous (2) were observed. These were necrotising (6) and necrotising suppurative (3) patterns. FNAC is a simple, inexpensive, rapid investigative procedure which can reduce surgical excisions and provide definite guidelines about further management. Diagn. Cytopathol. 2003;29:146–148. © 2003 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.