Abstract :
Introduction: Lymphadenopathy is one of the commonest clinical presentations in children and a common scenario for pediatrician. Unexplained lymphadenopathy often poses a great deal of anxiety and concern in parents. Fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) is a minimally invasive, cost effective and a well established technique as a high diagnostic efficacy tool. FNAC especially in benign inflammatory condition has aided in clinical practice by avoiding unnecessary excision biopsies also limiting its complications and psychological trauma to patient. The present study was conducted to evaluate FNAC as a diagnostic tool in pediatric lymphadenopathy and study spectrum of various cytomorphological patterns in paediatric age group.
Materials and Methods: The present study was undertaken in the Department of Pathology, in a tertiary care hospital in Maharashtra. Reports of 312 pediatric FNAC (
Keyword :
Fine needle aspiration cytology, Lymphadenopathy, Lymphadenitis.