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Background: Thyroid nodules are commonly present in adult population but are rare in pediatric age group. Inspite of being rare, thyroid nodule have a higher chance of malignancy in children. Thus, pediatric patients presenting with thyroid nodule found clinically or incidentally should be worked up to rule out any possibility of malignancy. The besthesda system for reporting thyroid cytopathology (TBSRTC) is widely used for reporting in adults. The present study aims to use TBSRTC for pediatric thyroid lesions reporting.Methods: All pediatric patients with age ? 18 years presenting with thyroid nodule during January 2018 to April 2019 were included in the study, fine needle aspiration (FNA) was done and findings were compared with histology. Statistical analysis was done using SPSS version 18.Results: 42 pediatric patient were included in the study, out of which 2.38% were malignant and suspicious for nmalignant each and 83% were benign.Conclusion: TBSRTC is quite sensitive and specific reporting guideline in pediatric population as in adult population with 100% accuracy in diagnosing benign and malignant cases. This is useful for avoiding unnecessary surgeries.
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Objective To assess the value of thinprep liquid based cytology test (TCT) and Besthesda system (TBS) in diagnosis of cervial lesions. Methods 11000 cases of cervical lesions were detected with TCT and TBS.The samples of atypical squamous cells(ASC) and more severe than ASC lesions were classified into postive cytology,and then cytological results were compared with pathological examination results of cervical biopsies.Results The satisfactory rate of TCT samples was 96.36%, and the postive rate of abnormal epithelial cells diagnosed by TCT was 10.96%(1206/11000). Among 1206 cases, 15 cases(0.14%) of CA, 89 cases (0.81%) of HSIL, 449 cases (4.08%) of LSIL, 73 cases (0.66%) of ASC-H and 580 cases (5.27%) of ASC-US and AGUS. 1128 cases with postive cytologic results received pathological examination. The pathological positive rate of CA, HSIL, LSIL, ASC-H, and ASC-US and AGUS were 100%, 100%, 67.12%, 54.17% and 14.09%, respectively. The coincident rate of two examination methods was 100% for CA, 91.1% for HSIL,57.82% for LSIL and 27.78% for ASC-H. Conclusion TCT and TBS can accurately detect cervical cancer, precancerous lesions and infection of bacteria, virus and other pathogens, and at present is a means of screening cervical cancer.