Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology

Fine Needle aspiration is very painful procedure to undergo

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You may feel some pressure and discomfort but its not usually very painful.

Fine Needle Aspiration can be performed only for the superficial lesions

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Any superficial or deep palpable lesion from breast, thyroid, lymph nodes, salivary glands or soft tissue can be evaluated by fine needle aspiration biopsy.

FNAC is a diagnostic procedure

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Fine-needle aspiration is a minimally invasive way to obtain a cell sample to confirm a diagnosis or guide treatment.

FNAC is done to detect only tumors

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FNAC can also detect inflammatory lesions, infections and degenerative lesions

Patients with a cancerous growth when undergo FNAC procedure will cause spread of the cancer.

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This is exceedingly rare and not a contraindication to carrying out the procedure.