<p class="abstract"><strong>Background:</strong> <span lang="EN-IN">Aim of the study was to determine the accuracy of FNAC in diagnosing thyroid swellings. </span></p><p class="abstract"><strong>Methods:</strong> <span lang="EN-IN">A Retrospective study was conducted over a period of one year (September 2014 to September 2015), which included 54 patients, who presented with thyroid swelling to the ENT outpatient department.All the above patients were subjected to FNAC,and were operated for the swelling, their histopathological report were correlated with the pre-operative FNAC report to determine the accuracy of FNAC in correctly diagnosing the thyroid swelling. The data in this study was analysed using statistics analysis system (SAS) software. </span></p><p class="abstract"><strong>Results:</strong> <span lang="EN-IN">Majority of the patients was in 3rd decade and females were more than males. The accuracy of FNAC in diagnosing thyroid swelling in the present study was found to be 77.78%. </span></p><p class="abstract"><strong>Conclusions:</strong> <span lang="EN-IN">FNAC is a safe, quick and inexpensive technique in diagnosing thyroid swelling with high degree of accuracy.</span></p>
<p class="abstract"><strong>Background:</strong> Head and Neck Malignancy (HNM) is a recognized major public health concern all over the world. They are amongst the commonest malignancy in India and accounts for up to 20% cancer burden in India.</p><p class="abstract"><strong>Methods:</strong> Ours is a retrospective study done over 5 years period in a tertiary hospital to study the incidence of head and neck malignancy, age and sex predilection, type of malignancy, its stage of presentation and patient compliance for treatment (surgery/radiotherapy/chemotherapy), post-operative complications, its management and follow-up study of patients survival with or without recurrence over the next 5 years.</p><p class="abstract"><strong>Results:</strong> Total of 312 cases of HNM were seen in ENT OPD in tertiary hospital over a period of 5 years. In 153 cases diagnosis was confirmed by biopsy/histopathology, only 15 patients agreed for surgery. Hypopharyngeal and laryngeal malignancy accounted for most of the cases. Mean age of patients - in case of laryngeal ca was 56.8, hypopharyngeal ca was 60. Majority were males.</p><strong>Conclusions:</strong> Despite having a large turnover of HNM patients only 15 patients were willing to undergo curative surgery. This less number could be due to unwillingness to accept deformity, patient’s low economic status, lack of awareness amongst both patients and referring doctors, and lastly either due to advanced stage of disease or patient being medically unfit for surgery. However in our study 14 out of 15 patients who underwent curative surgery had more than 5 years survival rate with very few post-operative complications.
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