The utility of fine needle aspiration cytology in orbital haematolymphoid neoplasms.
S Norton StephenPrabhu ManivannanDebasis GochhaitSree Rekha JinkalaNiranjini RamasubramanianBheemanathi Hanuman SrinivasRakhee KarNirupama KasturiDebdata BasuNeelaiah SiddarajuPublished in: Cytopathology : official journal of the British Society for Clinical Cytology (2020)
FNAC is a minimally invasive procedure for diagnosing most of the haematolymphoid orbital lesions and it has a rapid turnaround time. The accuracy of cytomorphology combined with ICC on smears/cell blocks can be as good as a biopsy for exact categorisation. Additionally, aspirate smears are preferred samples for cytogenetics compared to formalin-fixed tissue blocks, as molecular cytogenetics techniques are frequently employed for diagnostic, prognostic, and therapeutic purposes.