TY - JOUR AU - Iqbal, Mahid AU - Anwar, Khurshid AU - Ullah, Ihsan AU - Javed, Muhammad AU - Khan, Iftikhar Ahmad AU - Hussain, Gulshan PY - 2011/10/21 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - THE DIAGNOSTIC VALUE OF FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY IN MASSES OF THE SALIVARY GLANDS JF - Journal of Postgraduate Medical Institute JA - J Postgrad Med Inst VL - 25 IS - 1 SE - Original Article DO - UR - https://www.jpmi.org.pk/index.php/jpmi/article/view/1123 SP - AB - <strong><em><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT,BoldItalic; font-size: x-small;"><strong><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT,BoldItalic; font-size: x-small;"><strong><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT,BoldItalic; font-size: x-small;"><p>Objective:</p></span></strong></span></strong></span><p> </p></em></strong><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT,Italic; font-size: x-small;"><em><p><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT,Italic; font-size: x-small;">To determine the sensitivity and specificity of fine needle aspiration cytology in masses of the</span><strong><em><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT,BoldItalic; font-size: x-small;"><strong><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT,BoldItalic; font-size: x-small;"><strong><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT,BoldItalic; font-size: x-small;"><p>Methodology:</p></span></strong></span></strong></span><p> </p></em></strong><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT,Italic; font-size: x-small;"><em><p><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT,Italic; font-size: x-small;">The study included 49 cases. It was conducted at the Departments 0f ENT, Hayatabad<p>Medical Complex, Peshawar and Saidu Teaching Hospital, Saidu Sharif, Swat from January 1, 2002 to</p><p>December 31, 2009. Patients undergoing Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology followed by open biopsy were</p><p>included in the study. The results obtained on FNAC were compared with those obtained on biopsy findings</p></span></p><p>of the respective specimens and the specificity and sensitivity of FNAC were calculated from the data.</p><strong><em><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT,BoldItalic; font-size: x-small;"><strong><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT,BoldItalic; font-size: x-small;"><strong><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT,BoldItalic; font-size: x-small;"><p>Results:</p></span></strong></span></strong></span><p> </p></em></strong><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT,Italic; font-size: x-small;"><em><p><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT,Italic; font-size: x-small;">The FNAC findings in salivary glands were; Benign 38, Malignant 7 and Suspicious 4. The biopsy<p>findings were; Benign 33 and Malignant 16. Comparison of FNACs and biopsy in the salivary glands taken</p><p>as True Negative, True positive, False Negative and False Positive respectively was; 32, 10, 6 &amp; 1. The</p></span></p><p>Sensitivity and Specificity for FNAC were calculated at 62.50% &amp; 96.97% respectively.</p><strong><em><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT,BoldItalic; font-size: x-small;"><strong><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT,BoldItalic; font-size: x-small;"><strong><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT,BoldItalic; font-size: x-small;"><p>Conclusion:</p></span></strong></span></strong></span><p> </p></em></strong><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT,Italic; font-size: x-small;"><em><p><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT,Italic; font-size: x-small;">The results of this study show that FNA cytologic diagnoses in the salivary gland tumours are<p>reliable and treatment can be planned on its basis. However, owing to a higher number of false negative</p><p>cases occurring in this study, it is recommended that a negative cytology report should be viewed with</p></span></p><p>suspicion. The diagnosis should be confirmed by open biopsy if clinical suspicion persists.</p></em></span></em></span></em></span></p><p>various salivary glands.</p></em></span> ER -