1 Rawal Medical Journal An official publication of Pakistan Medical Association Rawalpindi Islamabad branch Established 1975 Volume 37 Number 2 April – June 2012 Original Article Diagnostic accuracy of fine needle aspiration cytology in breast lump Tariq Hassan Ch, Munawar Jamil, Huma Jamil, Asghar Ali, Humaira Sobia Quaid e Azam Medical College, Bahawalpur, Pakistan ABSTRACT Objective To evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) in a breast lump using histopathology as gold standard. Material and Methods This cross sectional study was carried out at the Department of General Surgery, Bahawal Victoria Hospital, Bahawalpur from July 2009 to June 2011. Two hundred and fifty six patients with breast lump were included in the study and underwent FNAC using histopathology as gold standard.