Diagnostic Accuracy of FNAC vs Histopathology in the Oral Lesions

The oral cavity is complex and is an abode to a diverse range of pathologies. Clinicians encounter various oral lesions, arising from a range of different etiologies. Both the diagnosis and treatment of oral cavity lesions are integral parts of oral health care. Diagnostic techniques like cytopathology and histopathology are used as gold standards to diagnose oral lesions. However cytological evaluation in oral lesions is limited owing to heterogeneity of cell populations and difficulties in obtaining sufficient sample for aspirations. The objective of this study was to evaluate the ability of cytological procedures to accurately diagnose and to correlate the same with clinical and histopathological diagnosis. The study showed that in majority of the cases, the final histopathological diagnosis was different when compared to clinical and cytopathological diagnosis thus proving that the histopathological diagnosis is more accurate and appropriate.