Abstract

A STUDY ON REACTIVE LYMPH NODE IN AYURVEDA WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO FNAC EXAMINATION- A CASE STUDY

*Dr. Hemen Kalita and Dr. Satyajit pathak

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Abstract

Reactive lymph node is a benign neoplasm that have an aberrant size, number or consistency. Ayurvedic classics does not have a description of a Reactive lymph node like disease but in context of many disease like arbuda, granthi, apachi, gandamala etc. the same may be correlated. So, identification of reactive lymph node like disorder in Ayurveda with respect to cytomorphology is essential. For the study, a certain case of Reactive lymph node was studied at Govt. Ayurvedic College, Guwahati-14. In the study the subjective parameters as per Ayurveda were collected in a specially designed proforma and the same was evaluated for Fine needle aspiration cytology study. The cytology study shows possibilities of reactive lymph node which was later diagnosed by virtue of some clinical parameters mentioned in Ayurveda.

Keywords: Reactive Lymph Node, Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology.