Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology as a Diagnostic Procedure in Head and Neck Swellings in Rural Population of Hapur Region (U.P.), India

Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology (FNAC) is simple, quick, inexpensive and minimally invasive technique used to diagnose different types of swellings located in the head and neck.

To assess the incidence of different sites, age, sex and distribution of inflammation.

May 2015 to October 2016 was carried out in the Department of Pathology, Saraswathi Institute of Medical Sciences and associated Hospital, Hapur, Uttar Pradesh, India, Which included 292 patients with head and neck swellings presenting to Outpatient clinics. Fine Needle Aspiration Diagnosis was correlated with detail of relevant clinical findings and investigation.

Female most common victims with female to male ratio of 1.61: 1. Head and Neck swelling is common finding now a days and Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology is most common diagnostic procedure for such type of cases and most common method to differentiating between benign and malignant lesion. As diagnostic procedure we came to know regarding the most common lesion involved in head and neck region.

Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology is easy, simple, safe and non invasive procedure for diagnosis of head and neck swelling and easy way for surgeon whether to decide surgery or not