FNAC fine needle aspiration cytology

short presentation over the techniques and every aspect for FNAC or fine needle aspiration cytology
higly recommended for bds and mbbs pathology studies

1. Fine needle aspiration cytology(FNAC)

By;- Rohit kumar Guided by-
BDS 2nd year Dr. Manish mishra Sir
Roll no-55

2. Contents

1.Introduction
2.Applications
3.Materials required
4.Techniques
5.Advantages
6.Complications

3. Introduction
●Fine-needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) is a technique in
which cells are obtained from a lesion using a thin bore
needle and smear is made of cytopathological diagonosis.
●This technique is based on the fact that tumour cells are
less cohesive and easily aspirated.
●It is a type of interventional cytology in which samples are
obtained by aspiration.
●It was 1st introduced in 1930 in USA and later become
popular worldwide in 1950s.

4. Application
●Most often it is used for diagonosis of palpable mass
lesions.
●Used in diagonosis of breast lumps,thyroid nodules,
enlarged lymph nodes,liver diseases,subcutaneous
soft tissue mass,salivary gland diseases and oral
diseases.
●Testicles,palpable abdominal lesions,prostate,pelvic
organs,bone and joint spaces,lungs,retroperitoneum &
orbit are other sites and lesions accessible to FNAC.

5. Materials Required
●A syringe around of 20 ml
●Needles (around 22-23 gauge needle
used)
●Pistol handle
●Sterile container
●Some microscopic slides
●A suitable fixative
●Coverslip
●Stains
●microscope

6. Technique for FNAC
2 techniques are used:-
●FNAC with Aspiration
●FNAC without Aspiration

7. “This is a super-important quote”

9. Advantages
● No hospitalization is required.
●No anasthesia is required.
●The procedure is quick,safe and painless.
●Results are obtained rapidly in a matter of hours.
●It is not a high cost procedure

10. Complications
●Hematoma at punctured site
●Pneumothorax with lungs and breasts usually by
transcutaneous aspiration .
●Histological alterations.
●Infections.
●And,sometimes life threatening complications of deep
organs may occurs.
like- in chest these includes pneumothorax,which can
leads massive hemorrhage.