Title

Effect of fine needle aspiration cytology for diagnosing various spectrum of head and neck lesions

Authors

V Vandana¹ & Chandan Kumar^2,*

Affiliation

¹Department of Pathology, Nalanda Medical College and Hospital, Patna, Bihar, India; ²Department of ENT, Nalanda Medical College and Hospital, Patna, Bihar, India; *Corresponding author

Email

Vandana Ram Kishore Singh - E - mail: vndnmaria@yahoo.co.in

Chandan Kumar - E - mail: chandanent2507@gmail.com

Article Type

Research Article

Date

Received April 1, 2025; Revised April 30, 2025; Accepted April 30, 2025, Published April 30, 2025

Abstract

The effect of Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology (FNAC) in identifying lesions in the head and neck (H&N) area is of interest. The patients with head and neck lesions underwent both fine needle aspiration cytology and histological evaluation. Fine-needle aspiration cytology assessment identified lymph node lesions (47%) as the predominant kind, succeeded by thyroid lesions (24.64%), salivary gland lesions (10%) and bone lesions (12.21%). The diagnostic accuracy of fine-needle aspiration cytology for diverse head and neck lesions was markedly elevated, exhibiting specificity of 93.12%, sensitivity of 90.41%, negative predictive value of 91.25% and positive predictive value of 90.26%. Fine needle aspiration cytology can serve as an effective technique for diagnosing diverse lesions in the head and neck region.

Keywords

Fine needle aspiration cytology, head and neck lesion, diagnosis

Citation

Vandana & Kumar, Bioinformation 21(4): 708-712 (2025)

Edited by

Vini Mehta

ISSN

0973-2063

Publisher

Biomedical Informatics

License

This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.