Open AccessCytopathological Pattern of Tubercular Lymphadenopathy on FNAC: Analysis of 550 Consecutive Cases
Author(s) -
Priyanka Chand,
Rajeev Dogra,
Nidhi Chauhan,
Renu Gupta,
Pratima Khare
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/2014/9956.4910
Subject(s) - caseous necrosis , medicine , tuberculous lymphadenitis , lymph , staining , fine needle aspiration cytology , pathology , tuberculosis , cervical lymphadenopathy , cytopathology , cervical lymph nodes , biopsy , cytology , dermatology , radiology , disease , cancer , metastasis
Fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) of lymph nodes is a simple, cost effective, out-patient procedure used for diagnosis of various causes of lymphadenopathies. In tuberculous lymphadenitis, it not only used for the cytological diagnosis but also used for other ancillary testing such as Ziehl- Neelsen staining and AFB Culture.