Sulata Choudhury1, Bandana Mishra2
BACKGROUND
Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology (FNAC) has been employed in preoperative diagnosis of salivary gland lesions for many years. Various studies in the existing literature have shown a wide range of sensitivity and diagnostic accuracy of cytological diagnosis. This study was aimed at evaluating FNAC of salivary gland lesions in order to assess its sensitivity, specificity and diagnostic accuracy at a tertiary care centre.
MATERIALS AND METHODS
Patients with suspected salivary gland enlargements who were referred for FNAC were included in this study, which was done over a 4-year period from 2013 to 2016 in MKCG Medical College Hospital. Cytological diagnosis was compared with histopathology diagnosis wherever it was available.
RESULTS
In the present study, we obtained 117 cases of salivary gland lesions on which FNAC was done in the cytology department of our institute. Biopsy confirmation of diagnosis was available in 69 cases. Inflammatory lesions constituted the largest category followed by benign tumours and malignant tumours.
