Sadia Yaseen, Momina Jahangir, Burhan-ul Haq, Ahsan Masud Chaudhry.
Comparison of Cytological Categories (C1-C5) of Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology among Various Sizes of Palpable Breast Lesions.
Pak J Med Health Sci Jan ;14(2):1575-8.

Objective: To find the association of fine needle aspiration cytological categories (C1-C5) with palpable size of breast lesion. Study Design: Cross-sectional comparative study Place and Duration of Study: Histopathology Department, Federal Postgraduate Medical Institute, Shaikh Zayed Hospital, FPGMI Lahore from 25th February 2016 to 24th August 2016. Methodology: One hundred and twenty patients coming in surgical OPD and indoor of SZH who were advised FNAC breast were selected. After performing FNAC, the results were reported according to the cytological category from C1-C5. Results: Sixteen (13.33%) were categorized as C1, 63 (52.50%) C2, 2 (1.67%) C3, 7 (5.83%) C4 and 32 (26.67%) C5. There was a significant (P<0.0001) relationship between various sizes of the breast lesion and the cytological category of fine needle aspiration. Conclusion: Palpable breast masses can definitely be diagnosed by a blend of physical examination and diagnostic workup including FNAC and there is a strong correlation between different sizes of palpable breast lesions and cytological categories of FNAC breast as small lesions resulted benign and malignant lesions have larger size.

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