Fine-Needle Aspiration Biopsy of Thyroid Nodules: Advantages, Limitations, and Effect
β Scribed by GHARIB, HOSSEIN
- Book ID
- 121969095
- Publisher
- Mayo Clinic
- Year
- 1994
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 664 KB
- Volume
- 69
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0025-6196
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Ultrasound (US)-guided fine-needle aspiration biopsy (FNA) was performed on 268 thyroid nodules (135 palpable, 133 nonpalpable) in 210 patients with various thyroid conditions; 62 nodules also had palpation-guided FNA. Surgical pathology was obtained in 67 malignant nodules and 32 benign nodules. Al
## Background: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the results of thyroid fine-needle aspiration (fna) and to determine the reasons for the discrepancies between the cytologic and histologic diagnoses. ## Methods: The authors evaluated the cytologic and histologic results of 133 fnas obtain