title: Ultrasound guided fnac of abdominal-pelvic masses-the pathologists' perspective.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Fine Needle Aspiration(FNA) which is used for making a cytologic diagnosis has become an indispensable component of the work-up of many abnormalities.The objectives of this study were to adopt USG guided fine needle aspiration in the diagnosis of abdomino-pelvic masses, to assess its efficacy and to study the cytological features of abdominopelvic masses.
  
  
  METHODS
  Hundred patients with clinically or sonologically diagnosed abdomino-pelvic masses were taken up for the study. FNAC was performed under real time USG guidance. The aspirates were smeared onto a minimum of 2 slides and they were routinely stained with H&E, MGG and Papanicolaou stains.
  
  
  METHODS
  The diagnostic accuracy rates of USG guided FNAC for benign, malignant and non-neoplastic lesions were 100%,96% and 94.4% respectively.The overall accuracy rate was 96.3%.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  USG guided FNAC is a rapid , economical,non-invasive, highly accurate and a safe diagnostic procedure which can pre-empt a lengthy and expensive workup in various abdomino- pelviv masses.
authors.affiliation: Professor and HOD, Department of Pathology.
authors.forename: Hemalatha
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: A L
authors.forename: Sumana
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sindhuram V
authors.forename: Sushma
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: S
authors.forename: Suma
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: J K
authors.forename: Varna
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: I
authors.forename: Anubha
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Aditya
keywords: Abdomino-pelvic masses; FNAC; Ultrasonography
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