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sensitivity and specificity of the technique [ 4 ], and makes it possible to take samples of the solid areas in cystic lesions. Despite fine-needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) being almost universally used to take thyroid samples and, accordingly, there being
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Introduction Fine needle aspiration (FNA) is a rapid, cost-effective, and safe test, which is widely used for the diagnosis of thyroid nodules [ 1 ]. The positive predictive value of a malignant FNA cytology (FNAC) result is 97-99% according
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What Is Known about This Topic So Far? • Although many authors recommend a core-needle biopsy as an alternative modality in cases of inconclusive cytology with fine-needle aspiration for thyroid nodule, it is not in the American Thyroid
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, 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 ). Thyroid ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) can be a noninvasive and useful tool to confirm the diagnosis and prevent unnecessary transcranial biopsy ( 3 , 8 ). Here we present the case of a young
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are the standards for US examination, US-guided fine-needle aspiration (US-FNA) techniques, and reports? - Can US differentiate between benign and pathological cervical LN and lesions in the thyroid bed? - When should neck US be performed? - What
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cervical lymph node obtained during fine-needle aspiration revealed a similar appearance with a predominant cell population of small- to medium-sized cells revealing paracentral to eccentric nuclei with clock-face chromatin and abundant sky-blue cytoplasm
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ultrasonography (US) and the widespread use of fine-needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) provided to identify PMC preoperatively [ 1 , 3 ]. In autopsy studies, the pathological detection rate of clinically occult papillary carcinoma has been in the range of 5.6 to
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considered a diagnostic marker of PTC [ 1 ]. The wide clinical use of ultrasound (US) [ 5 ] allows detecting an increasing number of nodules that often require fine needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) for ruling out thyroid cancer [ 6 ]. As the diagnostic value
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What Is Known about This Topic? • Cervical schwannomas can mimic thyroid nodules and are historically difficult to diagnosis preoperatively due to the low diagnostic yield of fine needle aspiration and their appearance as hypoechoic lesions on
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) or other radiological modalities ranges widely from 20 to 76% [ 3 , 4 ]. Fine-needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) is the optimal procedure for preoperative discrimination of benign from malignant nodules [ 5 , 6 ]. The Bethesda System for Reporting