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| Year : 2011 | Volume
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| Issue : 4 | Page : 178-184 |
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Value of ultrasonography-guided fine needle aspiration cytology in the investigative sequence of hepatic lesions with an emphasis on hepatocellular carcinoma
CM Mallikarjuna Swamy1, CA Arathi2, CR Kodandaswamy2
1 Department of Pathology, S S Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Davangere, India
2 Department of Pathology, Sri Siddhartha Medical College, Tumkur, Karnatak, India
Correspondence Address:
C M Mallikarjuna Swamy
Department of Pathology, S S Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, NH-4, Bypass Road, Davangere, Karnataka - 577 005
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0970-9371.86344
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Background: The evaluation and management of various hepatic lesions is a common clinical problem and their appropriate clinical management depends on accurate diagnoses.
Aims: To study the cytomorphological features of distinctive non-neoplastic and neoplastic lesions of the liver and to evaluate the sensitivity, specificity and diagnostic accuracy of ultrasonography (USG)-guided fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) in the diagnosis of liver diseases.
Materials and Methods: Seventy - two patients with evidence of liver diseases underwent USG-guided, percutaneous FNAC. Cytomorphological diagnoses were correlated with clinical, biochemical and radiological findings, histopathological diagnoses and follow-up information.
Results: The age of the patients ranged from eight months to 90 years with 48 males (66.67%) and 24 females (33.33%). Of the 72 cases, the cytological diagnosis was rendered in 71 patients and smears were inadequate for interpretation in one case. Neoplastic lesions (68.06%) were more common than non-neoplastic lesions (30.56%). The majority of the neoplastic lesions were hepatocellular carcinomas (36.12%) followed by metastatic adenocarcinomas (19.45%). Among non-neoplastic lesions, cirrhosis was the commonest lesion (8.34%). The overall diagnostic accuracy of FNAC was 97.82% with a sensitivity and specificity of 96.87 and 100% respectively.
Conclusion: USG-guided FNAC of the liver is a safe, simple, cost-effective and accurate method for cytological diagnosis of hepatic diffuse, focal/nodular and cystic lesions with good sensitivity and specificity. |
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