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The present study was done to compare diagnostic yield by fine needle non aspiration technique (FNNAC) with Fine Needle Aspiration cytology (FNAC) of lesions in thyroid gland. FNNAC and FNAC both were performed on 69 patients presenting with thyroid lesions, except those suffering from thyrotoxicosis. Smears were then cytologically interpreted by a single pathologist as unsuitable, diagnostically adequate or diagnostically superior for opinion, without the knowledge of sampling method employed. Slides were evaluated for following aspects namely cellularity, presence of colloid, inflammatory cell, hemosiderin laden macrophages, papillary clusters nuclear overlapping, nuclear grooving, hurthle cells. FNNAC gave better results in form of better quality of cellularity and less field obscurity by blood in lesions of thyroid. Diagnostically superior specimens were obtained more frequently by FNNAC, so this technique should be used alone or in tandem with FNAC for better diagnostic yield.
RESUMO
Breast cancer is the most common cancer in many geographic areas, the most frequent cause of cancer deaths in women, and is also the cancer most likely to be seen during pregnancy and lactation. Delay in diagnosis appears to be the primary reason for the generally worse prognosis overall for all patients with breast cancer diagnosed during pregnancy and lactation. In this context, the patient's family physician or obstetrician who performs the routine antenatal examinations can play an important role by performing a vital breast examination which might bring to light and prompt timely investigation of otherwise asymptomatic breast masses.