@article { author = {}, title = {Cytomorphologic Patterns of Breast Lesions in Sudanese Patients: Lessons Learned from Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology}, journal = {Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention}, volume = {15}, number = {8}, pages = {3411-3413}, year = {2014}, publisher = {West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), APOCP's West Asia Chapter.}, issn = {1513-7368}, eissn = {2476-762X}, doi = {}, abstract = {Background: Cytology for breast lesions is a safe, rapid and cost-effective with a high specificity and sensitivity.Objective: To determine the cytomorphologic patterns of breast lesions identified among a group of Sudanesepatients. Materials and Methods: This study included 759 patients undergoing either a fine needle aspirationFNA, nipple discharge (ND) smears or breast skin scraping (SS) at a cytology clinic in Khartoum. Clinical anddemographic data were reviewed. Stained smears were categorized into: inadequate sample, normal breast,benign lesion, suspicious, or malignant neoplasm. Results: Of the 759 cases, 734 (96.71%) were FNA, 18 (2.37%)ND and 7 cases (0.92%) SS. For 28 cases, FNA was done under ultrasound guidance. Females were 720 (94.86%).Benign lesions were 423 (55.75%) and 248 (32.67%) were malignant and 77 (10.14%) of smears were normalwithout any detected abnormality. Ten (1.31%) cases were suspicious for malignancy, and only one case (0.13%)was reported as inadequate. Most lesions were observed among the age group 30 years and above. Conclusions:Most patients investigated have benign lesions, one third of cytological smears were malignant. FNAC is a usefultool for investigating breast lesions in limited-resource settings.}, keywords = {Breast,cytomorphology,fine needle aspiration cytology,Sudan}, url = {https://journal.waocp.org/article_29095.html}, eprint = {https://journal.waocp.org/article_29095_580b34df994036c96b719fcb2a165b33.pdf} }