• Abilash Sasidharannair Chandrakumari
• Pammy Sinha

A discernible lump in front of the neck is the most common presenting complaint of the patients with thyroid disease. A simple, safer, economical and rapid diagnostic tool that would facilitate early detection and management of thyroid lesions particularly the malignant ones has greatly acclaimed the application of cytological techniques. This is cross-sectional study conducted in a tertiary hospital, Wayanad, Kerala for over a period of one year. In this study out of 400 cases, 361 (90.25 %) cases were females and 39 (9.75%) cases were males setting up the male female ratio of 1:10.8. Age of the patients ranged from 16 to 78 years. Out of 400 cases, 335 cases (84.38%) were non-neoplastic and 62 cases (15.62%) were neoplastic lesions.

"Cyto-Histopathological Correlation of Thyroid Lesions in a Tertiary Care Centre", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 5, page no.398-405, May-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRCJ06091.pdf

"Cyto-Histopathological Correlation of Thyroid Lesions in a Tertiary Care Centre", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 5, page no. pp398-405, May-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRCJ06091.pdf