Diagnostic utility of percutaneous lung FNAC in detection of lung cancer

 

Bharate Ramesh Tukaram¹, D G Mhaisekar², Anil Maske³

 

¹Associate professor and head Dept of chest and TB Govt medical college, Latur, Maharashtra, INDIA.

²Professor and HOD, Department of Chest and TB, Government Medical College Nanded, Maharashtra, INDIA.

³Lecturer, SRTR medical college, Ambajogai, Maharashtra, INDIA.

Email: rameshbharate@gmail.com          .

 

Abstract              Background: Lung cancer is the most commonly diagnosed malignancy across the globe, especially in males. fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) and Biopsy are simple methods to diagnose lung cancer in a vast majority of patients, especially in peripherally situated lesions. Aim and objective: To study the diagnostic utility of percutaneous lung FNAC in detection of lung cancer Methodology: All primary lung were cancer patients. After collecting required history and clinical examination patient underwent special investigations. Percutaenous lung FNAC was done in 17 patients. Results and Discussion: Percutaneous lung FNAC was positive in 91.66% of cases. It was similar to other studies. Conclusion: Percutaneous lung FNAC has higher diagnostic yield in lung cancer.

Key Words: FNAC, lung cancer.