en Cytomorphological Evaluation of Enlarged Lymph Node: A Tertiary Hospital Based Study عمومى General پژوهشي orginal article <span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:16.0pt"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times=""><b><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt">Background & Aims</span></i></b><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt">: </span></b><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:9.0pt">Lymphadenopathy is one of the commonly encountered clinical presentation and the early targets for aspiration, therefore providing an important clue towards the diagnosis to find out the underlying etiology.</span></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:16.0pt"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times=""><b><i><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:9.0pt">Materials </span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt">&</span></i></b><b><i><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:9.0pt"> Method:</span></i></b><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:9.0pt"> The present cross-sectional prospective study was conducted in the tertiary care hospital in the North India among 201 lymphadenopaty patients on whom fine</span><b><i> </i></b><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:9.0pt">needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) was performed after the informed consent.</span></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:16.0pt"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times=""><b><i><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:9.0pt">Results:</span></i></b><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:9.0pt"> In the currnt study, majority of the patients were male (52.73%) with male-to female ratio of 1.1:1. The age group ranged from 1 to >80 years with majority of the patients in the age group of 21 to 30 years followed by 0 to 10 years and least in >80 years. Non-neoplastic cases were 121, neoplastic cases were67, and inadequate were 13 of the total 201 cases.</span></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:16.0pt"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times=""><b><i><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:9.0pt">Conclusion: </span></i></b><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:9.0pt">FNAC of the enlarged lymph node yields an important diagnostic clue to arrive the final diagnosis.</span></span></span></span> Lymphadenopathy, Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology (FNAC), Neoplastic, Non-neoplastic 216 222 http://ijrabms.umsu.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-154-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1 shivani gandhi dr.shivanigandhi@gmail.com 10031947532846001300 10031947532846001300 No Sheetal Chandel 10031947532846001301 10031947532846001301 No Demonstrator, Department of Anatomy, GMC Jammu (Corresponding Author) Arun Dev Singh 10031947532846001302 10031947532846001302 Yes Demonstrator, Department of Pathology, GMC Jammu