Original Research Article
Year: 2022 | Month: January | Volume: 9 | Issue: 1 | Pages: 334-339
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52403/ijrr.20220140
The Burden of Metastatic Lymphadenopathy in Jammu Region-An Observational Study
Aishvarya Jandial1, Surbhi Mahajan2, Subhash Bhardwaj3, Akhil Mahajan4
1,2,3Department of Pathology,4Department of Medicine
Government Medical College,
Jammu University, Jammu, India.
Corresponding Author: Aishvarya Jandial
ABSTRACT
Background: Lymphadenopathy may be the first sign of malignancy and use of FNA in the diagnosis of metastatic disease is well established. In patients with enlarged lymph nodes and previously documented malignancy, FNAC can obviate further surgery performed merely to confirm the presence of metastasis.
Aim: The objective was to study the relative frequency of various metastatic lymph node lesions in hospital based population in Jammu region.
Material and Methods: In this study, we analysed the clinicopathological features of metastatic lymphadenopathy, diagnosed on FNAC in the Jammu region of Jammu and Kashmir Union Territory of India over a period of three years.
Interpretation and Results: A total of 190 lymph nodes were labelled as metastatic on FNAC. The age of the patients ranged from 12 to 95 years, with maximum number of cases in 51-60 years age group. Male predominance was seen with a male: female ratio of 2.3:1.The cervical lymph nodes were involved most commonly (48.42%). The most common metastatic malignancy reported was squamous cell carcinoma (115 cases, 60.50%) with oral cavity being the most common primary site of malignancy.
Conclusion: In the present study FNAC proved to be a useful diagnostic modality in the diagnosis of metastatic malignancies due to its rapidity of diagnosis, ease of performance and minimal complications.
Keywords: Fine needle aspiration cytology, FNAC, Jammu, Lymphadenopathy, Metastatic.
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