Volume : 7, Issue : 10, October - 2018

Study of cytodiagnosis of cutaneous and subcutaneous lesions

Dr. Tulsi Chhadi, Dr Shyam Chhadi

Abstract :

<p>&nbsp;Background: Early and accurate pathological diagnosis of skin cancers is vital. FNAC supposedly gives satisfactory</p> <div>results in diagnosis of nodular skin &amp; subcutaneous lesions.</div> <div>Objective: To analyse the incidence of cutaneous/subcutaneous lesions by FNAC and to study the accuracy of cytological diagnosis against</div> <div>histopathological diagnosis.</div> <div>Methodology: In this cross-sectional study, 777 cases of clinically suspected nodular skin &amp; subcutaneous lesions were studied by FNAC</div> <div>and 381 cases were additionally diagnosed histologically.</div> <div>Observations: Non-neoplastic lesions (45.03%) contributed the most, followed by benign (39.6%) and malignant tumours (15.37%). Total</div> <div>377 out of 381 cases showed good correlation between cytology and histopathology (diagnostic accuracy-98.95%). The sensitivity,</div> <div>speci􀃶city, positive predictive value and negative predictive value of FNAC in the diagnosis of malignancy were calculated to be 100%,</div> <div>99.48%, 97.61% and 100% respectively.</div> <div>Conclusion: Cytodiagnosis by FNAC is a reliable screening technique in the evaluation of cutaneous and subcutaneous lesions.</div>