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Fine needle aspiration cytology was performed in 50 consecutive patients who presented with palpable intra-abdominal mass. Ninety-four per cent (47/50) of the aspirations yielded adequate material for cytological interpretation. Histopathological confirmation was made in all the 50 cases by means of laparotomy and various surgical procedures. Of the 45 proven malignant lesions, fine needle aspirates were diagnosed as positive in 44 (97.33%) cases. There was no false positive result and no complication was encountered.
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Abdominal Neoplasms/pathology , Adolescent , Adult , Aged , Biopsy, Needle/instrumentation , Child , Child, Preschool , Diagnosis, Differential , Digestive System/pathology , Female , Gastrointestinal Diseases/pathology , Gastrointestinal Neoplasms/pathology , Humans , Male , Middle AgedSubject(s)
Adult , Choristoma/pathology , Female , Gallbladder Diseases/pathology , Humans , PancreasABSTRACT
A total number of 3310 cancer cases were diagnosed out of 12969 biopsies and 4051 tumours received in the Department of Pathology, Sher I Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Soura, Srinagar during the period January 1983 to June 1987. The peak incidence of cancer in both sexes was found to be between 41-50 years of age. Cancer was more common in males (66.97 percent) than in females (33.03 percent). Cancer of the digestive system was the commonest cancer in both sexes, followed by lymphnodes, genitourinary tract and respiratory system in males and cancer of the breast and genitourinary system in females. Cancer of the oral cavity, larynx, pharynx and cancer of the cervix had a very low incidence.
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Adult , Age Factors , Digestive System Neoplasms/epidemiology , Female , Humans , India/epidemiology , Male , Middle Aged , Neoplasms/epidemiology , Retrospective Studies , Sex FactorsABSTRACT
The diagnostic role of ultrasound guided fine needle aspiration biopsy (USG FNAB) was studied in 178 patients with clinically suspected intraabdominal and retroperitoneal masses (liver 81, gall bladder 47, pancreas 21, miscellaneous sites 29). A cytological diagnosis of neoplastic or non-neoplastic lesions was made in 125 patients, giving an overall accuracy of 70.0%. The cytological accuracy in hepatic lesions was 83.9% (68/81), in gall bladder lesions 72.3% (34/47), pancreas 76.1% (16/21) and miscellaneous sites 24.1% (7/29). USG FNAB provides a reliable morphologic diagnosis safely and rapidly. This may be especially helpful in patients with advanced unresectable intraabdominal malignancies, and may avoid diagnostic surgical intervention.