Introduction For more than three decades, the cornerstones in the clinical management of patients with thyroid nodules have been ultrasound (US) and fine-needle aspiration cytology (FNA) ( 1 , 2 , 3 ). Robust evidence demonstrates that the
Tamas Solymosi, Laszlo Hegedűs, Steen J Bonnema, Andrea Frasoldati, Laszlo Jambor, Zsolt Karanyi, Gabor L Kovacs, Enrico Papini, Karoly Rucz, Gilles Russ, and Endre V Nagy
Eun Kyung Jang, Dong Eun Song, Gyungyub Gong, Jung Hwan Baek, Yun Mi Choi, Min Ji Jeon, Ji Min Han, Won Gu Kim, Tae Yong Kim, Young Kee Shong, and Won Bae Kim
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
Francesco Boi, Fabiana Pani, and Stefano Mariotti
cytology (FNAC) which are believed to be less subject to the potential selection bias of surgical series [ 10 , 11 ]. However, according to FNAC studies, the link between PTC and HT appears less evident. The aim of the present review will be to briefly
Ralf Paschke, Silvia Cantara, Anna Crescenzi, Barbara Jarzab, Thomas J. Musholt, and Manuel Sobrinho Simoes
Introduction/Background Fine-needle aspiration (FNA) has high sensitivity and specificity in distinguishing benign from malignant thyroid lesions [ 1 ]. However, in 2–16% of cases cytology is not diagnostic [ 2 ], i.e., the material is
Catherine Brophy, Rania Mehanna, Julie McCarthy, Antoinette Tuthill, Matthew S. Murphy, and Patrick Sheahan
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
Bülent Öcal, Mehmet Hakan Korkmaz, Demet Yılmazer, Tuğba Taşkın Türkmenoğlu, Ömer Bayır, Güleser Saylam, Emel Çadallı Tatar, Sevilay Karahan, and Erman Çakal
(< 1 cm) may harbor cancer. Therefore, every effort should be made either clinically or cytologically to predict malignancy in order to perform the appropriate surgery with the correct indication. It is critical to improve the diagnostic accuracy and
Mario Rotondi, Maria Grazia Castagna, Carlo Cappelli, Cristina Ciuoli, Francesca Coperchini, Francesco Chiofalo, Fabio Maino, Paola Palmitesta, Luca Chiovato, and Furio Pacini
subjected to fine-needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) and stratified according to their BMI. This selection approach should theoretically avoid the above-reported bias as well as the bias connected to surgical series where the criteria for surgery may not be
Pedro Weslley Souza Rosario
-risk PMT, I believe that FNA should precede this decision. At our institution, nodules with highly suspicious features on ultrasonography (US) are always submitted to FNA (irrespective of size) and the latter is repeated when cytology is commenced [ 3 , 4
Ernesto Maddaloni, Silvia Irina Briganti, Anna Crescenzi, Giuseppina Beretta Anguissola, Eleonora Perrella, Chiara Taffon, Andrea Palermo, Silvia Manfrini, Paolo Pozzilli, and Angelo Lauria Pantano
inappropriately referring patients to surgery in case of indeterminate cytology [ 1 ]. The presence and pattern of nodular vascular signs are often considered among the US features to discriminate benign from malignant nodules [ 2 , 3 ]. Despite this widespread
Sravanthi Nagavalli, Marelle Yehuda, Laron W. McPhaul, and Andrew G. Gianoukakis
ultrasound. What Does This Case Report Add? • The preoperative diagnosis of a cervical schwannoma was suspected by the use of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) which led to additional specialized cytologic stains. We review the radiographic
