Abstract:
Two hundred and ten cases of intraabdominal masses were aspirated under ultrasound and CT scan guidance. These aspirates were done by senior radiology staff at Sheikh Zayed Postgraduate Medical Institute Lahore. The smears and cell blocks were studied by consultant pathologists and final diagnosis was obtained Seven cases were considered as inadequate, these were excluded from study. The remaining 203 cases included in the study consisted of 147 cases of liver masses,29 cases of nodal masses ,16 cases of retropeitoneal masses, 10 cases of GIT masses and one case of ovarian mass. Most of the malignant ,aspirates were from liver followed by nodal masses and retroperitoneal masses. The diagnostic yield was `97.4% and diagnostic yield of malignancy was 69.9%. In liver masses. HCC was the commonest lesion found followed by lesions from GIT metastatic to liver. In nodal masses, NHL was the commonest malignancy found. We successfully aspirated retroperitoneal masses and diagnosed these lesions cytologically with clinical correlation. The accuracy rate for diagnosing GIT lesions was 100%. Thus radiologically guided FNAC is simple, quick accurate and essentially risk free procedure for diagnosis of intraabdominal masses.
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35-44
DOI:
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Published:
Journal: Proceedings of sheikh zayed postgraduate medical institute, Volume: 18, Issue: 1, Year: 2004