ROLE OF TRANSRECTAL FNAC IN DIAGNOSING PROSTATE CARCINOMA: A COMPARISON WITH HISTOPATHOLOGY

Aim: To assess the utility of FNAC in diagnosing the prostatic carcinoma Material and methods: The study of 121 cases was conducted from year 2006 to 2008. The data was analyzed to assess the utility of FNAC for the diagnosis of carcinoma prostate. Results: During the study overall sensitivity and specificity of FNAC were 95.23% and 98.73% respectively and positive predictive value and negative predictive value were 97.56% and 97.50% respectively. The percentage of false positive and false negative cases was 1.26% and 4.76% respectively. Conclusion: The conclusion drawn was that FNAC by trans-rectal route is easiest, accurate, quick method, with minimal discomfort to the patient and outdoor diagnostic procedure for diagnosis of prostatic carcinoma and the result are comparable to that of histopathology.