Open AccessShould We Apply Suction During Fine Needle Cytology of Thyroid Lesions? A Prospective Study of 200 Cases
Author(s) -
Amit Kumar Chowhan,
Babu Kv,
Alok Sachan,
N Rukmangdha,
Rashmi Patnayak,
K Radhika,
BV Phaneendra,
Reddy Mk
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2014/8169.5027
Subject(s) - medicine , suction , fine needle aspiration cytology , fine needle aspiration , sampling (signal processing) , radiology , thyroid , nodule (geology) , cytology , surgery , thyroid nodules , biopsy , pathology , computer science , mechanical engineering , paleontology , filter (signal processing) , biology , engineering , computer vision
Fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) is a well-established first line diagnostic tool in evaluating palpable thyroid lesions. However, the technique depends on suction and thus is at times painful, sometimes traumatic and yield haemorrhagic material for cytological study. In more recent times, a modified technique called fine needle sampling without aspiration (FNS) has come into vogue which obviates the use of suction and therefore is more patient friendly.