DOI: 10.36347/sjams.2018.v06i03.050

Pages: 1057-1059

Neck swellings are one of the commonest clinical presentations encountered by the practitioners. Due to their superficial nature diagnostic procedures can be easily performed sometimes appear without symptoms. If physical examination is failed FNAC confirms surgery 4But histopathological confirmation is mandatory in suspected, recurrent and euplastic lesions. Cytology &Histopathological Co-relation of Various Lymph Node Lesions the knowledge of the pattern of lymphadenopathy in a given geographical region is essential for making a confident diagnosis or suspecting a disease. The present study was carried out over a period of 1 year to find out the diagnostic accuracy of FNAC by comparative study with histopathological diagnosis and also compares its findings with various studies already published in the literature. Diagnosis in 40 cases with two false negative and one false positive result. Out of six reported malignant lesions by FNAC, 5 cases were found to be consistent with the histopathological examination. Hence, it becomes mandatory to perform histopathological examination of the lesions for confirmation.