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| Year : 2001 | Volume
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| Issue : 2 | Page : 95-98 |
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Fine needle aspiration cytology - A diagnostic aid in testicular pathology
YR Joshi1, DR Mathur2
1 Senior Demonstrator, Dept., of Pathology, Dr. S.N. Medical College, Jodhpur, India
2 Professor & Head, Dept., of Pathology, Dr. S.N. Medical College, Jodhpur, India
Correspondence Address:
D R Mathur
A-194, Shastri Nagar, Jodhpur- 342 003
India
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An attempt was made to perform fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) on testis. A total 50 patients having symptoms & signs related to testicular pathology were subjected to FNAC. Out of these 50 cases, 16 cases were of non-neoplastic (inflammatory) pathology, 25 cases of neoplastic pa thology and remaining 9 cases were of infertility. Out of 16 cases of non-neoplastic pathology, 2 had acute epididymo-orchitis, 2 had tubercular pathology and remaining 12 cases had chronic non specific inflammatory lesions. Out of 25 cases of neoplastic pathology 18 were of seminoma, 1 each of teratocarcinoma & embryonal cell carcinoma and in 5 cases smear was malignant but exact typing was not possible.
Nine cases of infertility on which FNAC was performed showed that I had normal spematogenesis, 2 had maturation arrest and in 6 results were inconclusive
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