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can represent benign conditions such as neuromas, postoperative scar, suture granuloma, reactive lymphoid hyperplasia, benign thyroid tissue remnant or, instead, a malignant recurrence of thyroid cancer in which case fine-needle aspiration will show
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metastasis from ccRCC (HE ×200). D2. Immunohistochemistry shows CD10 (+) (HE ×400). Fine needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) and core needle biopsy (CNB) were performed on the left lobe nodule. The FNAB results were classified as Bethesda 2. CNB showed
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clinically apparent thyroid nodules is between 5 and 15% [ 2 ]. Fine-needle aspiration (FNA) cytology has demonstrated high utility in the diagnosis of thyroid nodules. In an effort to stratify thyroid nodules according to risk of malignancy in a consistent
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methods have been developed, which used a combination of nodule size, age at diagnosis, biochemical variables, fine needle aspiration (FNA) cytology, US features, and molecular analysis [ 3 - 8 ]. The most recent American Thyroid Association
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]. The ultimate goal of the diagnostic evaluation of a thyroid nodule is to determine whether it is benign or malignant and consequently to provide timely and appropriate treatment. Fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) of the thyroid nodule is currently
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increased [ 2 ]. Thyroid cancer is present in approximately 5% of nodules, even though rates as high as 15% have been reported [ 1 , 3 , 4 ]. Fine needle aspiration biopsy is the clinical procedure of choice for evaluating whether a nodule is benign or
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, however, remains a diagnostic challenge. In Denmark, scintigraphy and ultrasound are performed as part of the investigation in which cold nodules on scintigraphy and suspicious nodules on ultrasound are further investigated with fine-needle aspiration (FNA
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Introduction Fine needle aspiration (FNA) cytology of thyroid nodules is considered as the key tool to distinguish between benign and malignant tumors [ 1 ]. However, FNA cytology is classified as indeterminate in approximately 20–30% of
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disease, is well accepted [ 1 - 3 ]. Fine needle aspiration (FNA) and, to a lesser extent, core needle biopsy (CNB), are currently recognized as the primary diagnostic methods for evaluating thyroid lesions, cervical lymph-node metastases and local
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beginning of a vascular encasement. USG-guided fine-needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) was performed on the nodule of greatest size [ 9 ]. FNAC was consistent with ‘suspicious for a follicular neoplasm’ according to the Bethesda system [ 10 ]. Due to the