Malignancy Risk Analysis in Patients with Inadequate Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology (FNAC) of the Thyroid

Talib Al Maqbali; Miroslav Tedla; Martin O Weickert; Hisham Mehanna

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Malignancy Risk Analysis in Patients with Inadequate Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology (FNAC) of the Thyroid

Talib Al Maqbali, Miroslav Tedla, Martin O Weickert, Hisham Mehanna

Cancer and Genomic Sciences

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Abstract

Thyroid fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) is the standard diagnostic modality for thyroid nodules. However, it has limitations among which is the incidence of non-diagnostic results (Thy1). Management of cases with repeatedly non-diagnostic FNAC ranges from simple observation to surgical intervention. We aim to evaluate the incidence of malignancy in non-diagnostic FNAC, and the success rate of repeated FNAC. We also aim to evaluate risk factors for malignancy in patients with non-diagnostic FNAC.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	e49078
Journal	PLoS ONE
Volume	7
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0049078
Publication status	Published - 19 Nov 2012

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