Introduction:Making a protocol is a must to overcome the controversy of doing routine histopathological examination of tonsillectomy specimen.
Materials and methods:Histopathological report of 100 consecutive tonsillectomy specimens that reached the pathology department of Saveetha Medical College was analyzed.Results: Histological examination of the 154 pediatric tonsils showed reactive lymphoid hyperplasia in all the patients. One specimen had a small cartilaginous choristoma. In the 46 adult tonsils, there were two lymphoma, one extensive osteocartilaginous choristoma, and one epidermoid cyst of tonsil.
Discussion:As the histopathological examination in the pediatric group did not reveal any finding, it can be done only in patients with risk factors. The adult group showed two cases of Hodgkins lymphoma, one epidermoid cyst of tonsil and one osteocartilaginous choristoma tonsil. Hence, we suggest to continue the practice of routine histopathological analysis in adults.
Conclusion:We suggest continuing the practice of routine histopathological examination of all adult tonsillectomy specimens.
Introduction: FNAC is a minimally invasive technique which is additionally also safe and reliable. It plays a significant role in salivary gland cytology in view of the nonuniformity of salivary gland neoplasms and therefore the limitations of incisional or core needle biopsy in salivary gland. 1 This study aims at the important role of FNAC in the preoperative diagnosis of salivary gland neoplasm. Materials and Methods: This study was done in Saveetha Medical College, Thandalam in 40 patients. The period of study was from January 201 6 to December 2017. A total of forty cases of salivary gland tumors for which both FNAC and Biopsy were accessible were solely included during this study. Results: Out of forty patients slight male predominance was noted with male: female ratio of 1.5:1. Most of the tumour were found to be in the parotid gland (31 cases) followed by submandibular gland (6 cases). Out of forty cases, twenty eight were benign and twelve were malignant. Out of twelve malignant cases, nine cases (75%) reported in cytology correlated well with histopathology. Conclusion: FNAC are often a great tool in reducing the rate of salivary gland surgery by one third of cases and in patients undergoing radical surgery. FNAC helps in coming up with an ideal surgical approach.
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