1Associate Professor, Dept. of Pathology, Sri Aurobindo Medical College & PG Institute, Madhya Pradesh
2Assistant Professor, Dept. of Pathology, Sri Aurobindo Medical College & PG Institute, Madhya Pradesh
3Consultant Pathologist, Dept. of Pathology, Sri Aurobindo Medical College & PG Institute, Madhya Pradesh
4Professor, Dept. of Pathology, Sri Aurobindo Medical College & PG Institute, Madhya Pradesh
5PG Resident, Dept. of Pathology, Sri Aurobindo Medical College & PG Institute, Madhya Pradesh
*Corresponding Author: Email: kamal.malukani@yahoo.com
Online published on 10 October, 2016.
Fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) or core biopsy form an integral component of the triple test which is being performed as a pre-operative test to evaluate breast lump.
To study the cytomorphological pattern of breast lesions in a tertiary care hospital of Central India and to find out the accuracy of FNAC in diagnosing benign and malignant lesions of breast.
200 patients presenting as breast lumps were evaluated by FNAC and correlated with histology.
Fibroadenoma was most common benign lesion while Infiltrating duct carcinoma was most common malignant lesion reported. Sensitivity of FNAC was 99.25% for benign lesions and 95% for malignant lesions. Specificity and PPV of FNAC in diagnosing benign lesions were 95% and 97.79% respectively while that for malignant cases were 99.25% and 98.27% respectively. The diagnostic accuracy of FNAC was 97.94% in the present study.
FNAC serves as a rapid, economical and reliable tool for the evaluation of breast lumps.
Fine needle aspiration cytology, Benign breast lesions, Malignant breast lesions, FNAC
