Open AccessFINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY
Author(s) -
Abdul Bari,
Jamil Ahmed Mirza,
Ahsal-Ul Wadood,
Khawaja Farooq Qasim
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
the professional medical journal/the professional medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2071-7733
pISSN - 1024-8919
DOI - 10.29309/tpmj/2007.14.02.4882
Subject(s) - medicine , fine needle aspiration , cytology , biopsy , fine needle aspiration cytology , giemsa stain , papanicolaou stain , stain , radiology , surgery , general surgery , pathology , staining , cervical cancer , cancer
Lymph nodes are frequently enlarged in children in a widespectrum of diseases, some are of great concern while others are trivial from clinical or diagnostic point of view.Objectives: To evaluate the diagnostic role of fine needle aspiration cytology in lymphadenopathy in pediatric agegroup. Period: Jan 2001 to Aug 2005. Material & Methods: The material was obtained by FNA from children of theregion, stained with H & E, Papaniculau, giemsa and Z.N Stain. History, physical examination and other pertinentclinicopathological parameters were noted before the FNA procedure. The biopsy material where available wassubsequently correlated with FNA diagnosis. Results: A total number of 120 cases were included in the study. Out ofthese 64 were females and 56 were males. Out of non malignant cases the most common diagnosis in our cases wasreactive lymphadenitis. Conclusions: Fine needle aspiration cytology is a reliable easy and economic technique ofdiagnosis. It should particularly be adopted in children to avoid unnecessary step of surgery and mental trauma as fairlyaccurate cytodiagnosis is possible especially when majority of the cases of lymphadenopathy are inflammatory innature.