Saudi Journal of Pathology and Microbiology (SJPM)
Volume-4 | Issue-01 | 16-20
Original Research Article
Cyto-Histopathological Correlation in Palpable Malignant Breast Lesions
Kanika Makkar, Kulwant Singh, Swaran Kaur, M. K. Garg, Deepti Agarwal, Prerna Mahajan
Published : Jan. 30, 2019
Abstract
This study represents correlation of five needle aspiration cytology with histopathology at the cytology department of
khanpur Kalan Medical college during 3 year period only the cases where subsequent histology diagnosis was available
were analyzed. All the aspirations were performed by the pathologists. Out of the total of the 89 cases cytological
diagnosis was malignant in 35 cases (39.32%). Two cases were false negative. There were no false positive case in the
study. A sensitivity Rate of 94.5% and specificity of rate 100% was obtained for malignancy. Positive and negative
predictive value for the diagnosis of malignancy was 100% and 94.7% respectively. accuracy of the test was 97.26%.
FNA specific diagnosis showed an overall agreement of 98.5% for malignant lesions. All these result compare favorably
with the best reported in literature. All these factors help the clinicians in the management of malignant breast lesions.