Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology (Biopsy)
Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology (Biopsy)
Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology (Biopsy)
Aspiration Cytology
(Biopsy)
FNAC - definition
Aspiration
Fine needle aspiration is a relatively noninvasive, less painful and quicker method when
compared to other methods of tissue sampling
such as surgical biopsy.
Current status
Palpable
lesions
Outpatients , in- patients
Thyroid , breast, lymph nodes,
salivary glands , soft tissue lumps...
Lung, intra-abdominal and
retroperitoneal by radiologic imaging
: CT, ultrasound, flouroscopy
Complications
Needle trauma
granulation tissue
formation
granuloma
formation
Sarcoma like
changes
Needle linear tract
haemorrhage
tissue necrosis
Needle track
seeding - testicular
tm, chondrosar
Hematoma
Pain
Pneumothorax???
ADVANTAGES
Fast
- early diagnosis
Less pain, less trauma
No anaesthesia
Acceptable by patients and doctors
Accurate
How to interpret?
Aspiration
materials eg colloid,
blood, mucus?
Cellular yield vs acellular yield
Smear pattern - 3 dimensional balls
vs flat monolayered sheet os cells
Cohesiveness vs discreet cells
Cell morphometry
Adjunct tools
Cell
blocks
Histochemistry
Immunohistochemistry
Electron microscopy
Flow cytometry
Immuno electron microscopy
Molecular pathology -In situ
hybridization, PCR etc
Adjunct tools
IHC
cytology
Histo - thyroid
Cell block
Histo -bone
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Cytology vs Histology
Cytology vs Histology - 2
Lumbar puncture
Aspiration of liver cyst
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