Rout N, Hota SK, Dash S, Samantaray S, Mallik RN, Agrawal O. Diagnostic Utility of Ultrasound-Guided Fine-Needle Aspiration Cytology in Gall Bladder Lesions: An Experience from a Tertiary Care Cancer Center in Eastern India.
J Cytol 2021;
38:145-150. [PMID:
34703091 PMCID:
PMC8489701 DOI:
10.4103/joc.joc_166_20]
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Abstract
Introduction
Gallbladder cancer (GBC) is the most common malignancy, representing 80-95% of biliary tract cancers. Although ultrasonography-guided fine-needle aspiration cytology (USG-FNAC) has emerged as an effective diagnostic the tool for the precise diagnosis of gallbladder lesions, data on its diagnostic utility and cytomorphological categorization of gallbladder lesions are lacking.
Aims
To study the diagnostic utility of USG-FNAC in gallbladder lesions.
Materials and Methods
This study was the conducted prospectively on patients who came with clinical and radiological evidence of gallbladder space-occupying lesion and then advised to USG-FNAC over 2 years and 6 months from January 2018 to June 2020.
Results
A total of 314 cases were included. The mean age was 56 years, with a range of 17-88 years. Women predominated over men (Male:Female = 1:2.3). Primary adenocarcinoma of the gallbladder was most common. On cyto-histological correlation, the sensitivity, specificity, and diagnostic accuracy of USG-FNAC of gallbladder lesions were found to be 98.82, 87.23, and 96.3%, respectively.
Conclusion
The USG-FNAC of gallbladder lesion was found to be an easy, quick, cost-effective, and presumptive diagnostic procedure. It should be opted as an initial preoperative diagnostic modality in high incidence areas to avoid inappropriate management with unnecessary morbidity and cost. Moreover, a close cytological examination of the architectural pattern and the cytomorphological features would help in the sub-typing and prognosticating the tumor.
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