European Journal of Molecular & Clinical Medicine

Abstract

BACKGROUND:
The most common target organs where fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) is performed are salivaryglands because of their superficial location and easy accessibility introduced into a mass, cellular materialisaspirated,andacytologicaldiagnosisisrenderedasItseparatesreactiveandinflammatoryprocessesthatdonotrequiresurgicalinterventionfromneoplasiaandbenignfrommalignanttumors.
 
OBJECTIVES:
To study the cytomorphological features in lesions of salivary glands. To correlate the cytologicalfeatures with histopathological features wherever possible. To evaluate the diagnostic utility offine needleaspirationcytologyoflesionsinthesalivaryglands.
METHODOLOGY:
Atotalof120patientswithsalivaryglanddiseaseswereincludedinthestudy.Thisisaretrospective cohortstudy,undertakenintheDepartmentofPathology,FathimaInstitute of Medical sciences, Kadapa during the period of Jan 2016 to Feb 2020.Thesensitivity, specificityandoveralldiagnosticaccuracywascalculatedusingGalenandGambinomethod.
RESULTS:
Our study included 120 patients with salivary gland diseases. Age group of patients with salivary glanddiseases ranged from 10 years to 88 years with the mean age of 44.62 years. Majority of the patientsbelongedtotheagegroupof31-40years(35%).MaletoFemaleratiowas1.25:1.Amongthe120patients,mostcommonnonneoplastic67.52%,benign71.79%andmalignant28.20%lesions.
CONCLUSION:
FNACofsalivaryglandisareliableandsensitivediagnosticmethodfordiagnosisofsalivaryglandlesions.Itnotonlyprovidespreoperativediagnosisformanagementbutalsocanpreventunnecessarysurgeries