A Comparative Study on Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology versus Fine Needle Capillary Cytology in Thyroid Nodules

Tauro, Leo Francis; Lobo, Geover Joslen; Fernandes, Hilda; George, Celine; Aithala, P. Sathyamoorthy; Shenoy, Divakar; Shetty, Prathvi

doi:10.5001/omj.2012.31

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“…Similar observations were also made by Ramachandra et al 9 Out of 91 samples, 7 of them were of neoplasm in nature and 81 were of non-neoplastic lesions. Similar observations were also made by Tauro et al 8 Out of 50 cases 49 were of non-neoplasm and 1 case reported of malignancy.…”

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A comparative study of fine needle aspiration cytology versus non aspiration technique in thyroid lesions

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Background: Fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) is regarded as the gold standard investigation in the diagnosis of thyroid swellings. But often unsatisfactory specimen, especially mixed with blood, poses an obstacle in proper cytological interpretation. To overcome this problem, an alternative method of fine needle non aspiration cytology (FNNAC) technique was developed which, relies on the capillary pressure only to suck the cells inside the needle bore.Methods: Patients presenting with thyroid swellings from July 2008 to January 2009 were included in the study. 91 patients treated for thyroid lesions entered a prospective comparative evaluation of fine needle cytology with aspiration and non-aspiration techniques in thyroid. The thyroid swelling in every patient was sampled by both the aspiration as well as the non-aspiration technique by a single operator. Both procedures were done using 23G needles. Aspiration was done using a 10ml syringe. Both dry and wet smears were made and stained. All smears were interpreted by a cytologist without knowledge of the technique employed. Apart from the diagnosis, comments were made on the quality of the slides and three qualitative categories are created as unsuitable specimens, diagnostically adequate and diagnostically superior.Results: Non-neoplastic lesions accounted for 92.3%. They comprised mainly of nodular colloid goiter 53.84%, colloid nodules 29.6%, thyroiditis 8.79%, and one case of suppurative lesion. Out of the 7 neoplasms, 2 were follicular neoplasms, 1 was papillary carcinoma, 2 cases of Hurthle cell neoplasm and 1 cellular nodule in an MNG. Diagnostically superior material was obtained in 42 cases (46.15%) of the non-aspiration samples, as compared with 18 cases (19.78%) of aspiration samples which was statistically significant.Conclusions: The FNNAC produces better results in the form of a better quality of the cellularity and less field obscurity by blood. This technique should be used alone or in tandem with FNAC for better diagnostic yield.

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“…Study by Tauro et al on 50 patients presented that the most affected age group as 40-49 years (36%). 8 Female preponderance (86.81%) was observed in the study. Similar observations were also made by Ramachandra et al 9 Out of 91 samples, 7 of them were of neoplasm in nature and 81 were of non-neoplastic lesions.…”

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A comparative study of fine needle aspiration cytology versus non aspiration technique in thyroid lesions

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“…Tauro et al [15] found that dignostically FNAC was notably better, producing more superior specimen compared to FNNAC. Also, FNNAC exhibited more diagnostically adequate specimen.…”

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“…It was drained using aspiration technique. The cyst disappeared after colloid was drained and hence FNA becomes therapeutic procedure [15] . Thus, we observed that both techniques had comparable scores in cases of colloid cyst.…”

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Comparison of Fine Needle Aspiration versus Non-Aspiration Cytology in Diagnosis of Non-Neoplastic Thyroid Lesions

Kour¹

2017

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“…Thyroid swellings/nodules demand a sequence of investigations to rule out the possibility of a neoplasm or thyroiditis (11).FNAC is an important tool for the cytological assessment of patients with superficial as well as deep seated lesions. But this technique is frequently complicated by aspiration of significant quantities of blood particularly in vascular organs or haemorrhagic tumours which compromise cellular preservation and interpretation.…”

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Role of Fine Needle Aspiration Versus Non-Aspiration Cytology In Diagnosis of Thyroid Lesions

Kour¹,

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Singh³

2017

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A Comparative Study on Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology versus Fine Needle Capillary Cytology in Thyroid Nodules

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A comparative study of fine needle aspiration cytology versus non aspiration technique in thyroid lesions

A comparative study of fine needle aspiration cytology versus non aspiration technique in thyroid lesions

Comparison of Fine Needle Aspiration versus Non-Aspiration Cytology in Diagnosis of Non-Neoplastic Thyroid Lesions

Role of Fine Needle Aspiration Versus Non-Aspiration Cytology In Diagnosis of Thyroid Lesions

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