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Volume 4 | Issue 1 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.46439/breastcancer.4.022

Fine needle aspiration in the evaluation of patients with suspected breast cancer in a suburban Nigerian teaching hospital: A five-year review

  • 1Department of Surgery, Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital, Nigeria
  • 2Department of Surgery, Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, Nigeria
  • 3House Officer, Edo Specialist Hospital, Benin, Nigeria
  • 4Department of Surgery, University of Benin Teaching Hospital, Nigeria
  • 5Department of Anatomic pathology, Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital, Nigeria
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Corresponding Author

Esteem Tagar, tagestov2000@gmail.com

Received Date: May 31, 2024

Accepted Date: June 18, 2024

Abstract

Background: Fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) is a simple procedure for a quick cytological diagnosis of suspicious breast lesions. The aim of this study was to evaluate its diagnostic value in our institution.

Methods: It was a hospital-based retrospective cross-sectional study conducted in Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital from 1st January 2019 to 31st December 2023. A total of 93 cases of breast lumps studied with FNAC and compared with their corresponding histological reports were statistically analysed.

Results: The most common age group was 41-50 years. All the cytologically-diagnosed malignant lesions were confirmed malignant on histology but there were three cases of false negative results. The diagnostic accuracy of FNAC was 96.2% and it has a strong correlation with histology (r =0.811, p <0.001).

Conclusion: FNAC has proved to be a useful diagnostic test in evaluating breast lesions in our setting, but its accuracy can still be improved to eliminate false and inconclusive diagnoses.

Keywords

Breast lesions, FNAC, Histology, Diagnostic accuracy

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