To compare the diagnostic accuracy of FNAC with histopathology in benign and malignant breast lumps

A retrospective study was conducted in a tertiary care hospital in which the cytological diagnosis of palpable lesion of breast was compared with histopathological diagnosis to see the accuracy of cytology for both benign and neoplastic lumps in breast. A total number of 101 fine needle aspiration cytology was performed over a period of two years in cases of breast lump. The cytological and histological correlation was found in 51 cases (50%) out of 101cases. The commonest benign lesion was fibroadenoma, which was noted in age group of 15-35 years and the commonst malignant lesion was infiltrating ductal carcinoma, which was noted in the age group of 50-70 years. Thus the present study revealed that FNAC had Sensitivity of 50%, Specificity of 100%, Positive predictive value 100%, Negative predictive value 95.9% and the overall accuracy of the study was 96.1%.