Volume: 12 Issue: 1
Year: 2024, Page: 35-39, Doi: https://doi.org/10.47799/pimr.1201.07
Received: Feb. 15, 2025 Accepted: Feb. 28, 2025 Published: March 12, 2025
Introduction: Fine needle aspiration cytology of head and neck region is well-accepted as a diagnostic procedure. It is a safe, simple, rapid, cost-effective, and minimally invasive way of diagnosing inflammatory, noninflammatory and neoplastic lesions. Aim : To study the role of FNAC in diagnosing head & neck lesions in the paediatric age group.
Material and Method: This is the hospital-based study of 120 lesions of the head and neck region belonging to the age group of 0-18 years. Cytological results are interpreted and analyzed according to anatomical site and then categorized based on interpretation.
Result: Out of 120 cases 20 % cases belong to the age group 0-5yrs, 24.16% belong to 6-10yrs & 55.83% belong to the 11-18yrs age group. According to the anatomical distribution of lesions maximum cases accounting for 81.67% are lymph node lesions followed by thyroid lesions, miscellaneous, and then least salivary gland lesions which account for 2.5%. In the lymph node, thyroid, salivary gland, and miscellaneous lesions predominant lesions are respectively reactive lymphoid hyperplasia (71.42%), thyroiditis (42.85%), sialadenitis (33.34%) &epidermal cyst (40%)
Conclusion: FNAC in resource-limited settings, healthcare providers should realize the importance of FNAC as an initial screening tool for superficial lesions in paediatric population. The presumptive diagnosis after FNAC of palpable lesions in paediatric age group avoids the unnecessary definitive operative procedure. Thus, FNAC is an easy, simple, rapid, and cost-effective diagnostic procedure for paediatric age group.
Keywords: FNAC, Cytology, Children, Rapid, Diagnostic tests
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Desai AR, Mohammed AS, Sadhu DS. The Utilisation of Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology for Diagnosis of Head and Neck Lesions in Paediatric Age Group. PerspecƟves in Medical Research. 2024;12(1):35-39 DOI: 10.47799/pimr.1201.07