1Post Graduate III year, Department of Pathology
2Post Graduate Iyear, Department of ENT, Saraswathi Institute of Medical Sciences, Hapur, (U.P)
3Senior Resident Ist year, Department of Microbiology, University College of Medical Sciences, Delhi
Online published on 18 July, 2017.
Fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) is widely considered as the diagnostic technique of choice in the assessment of thyroid lesions. Thyroid nodules are very frequent, with an annual incidence rate of 48%. Thyroid fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) is more than 50 years old and is the principal method of preoperative diagnosis in both children and adults.
(1) To assess the pattern and frequency of thyroid lesions in cytology
(2) To study the correlation of thyroid lesions with different age groups
(3) To identify the frequency benign and malignant thyroid lesions in cytology
This is a prospective study, from April 2016 to September 2016, who attended the pathology department of Saraswathi Institute of Medical Sciences, Anwarpur, Hapur, Uttar Pradesh. Thyroid lesions were classified according to Bethesda system of reporting.
Male to female ratio was 1: 8.09. Frequency of benign thyroid lesions were diagnosed in 86%, malignancy in 10% and unsatisfactory in 4% cases. Thyroid lesions can be efficiently classified on cytology.
Cytology, rural population, thyroid pathologies
