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ea0037ep845 | Thyroid cancer | ECE2015

Malignancy risk of thyroid nodules with repeated ‘atypia of undetermined significance/follicular lesion of undetermined significance' diagnosis

Cetinarslan Berrin , Selek Alev , Kivrakoglu Emine , Canturk Zeynep , Tarkun Ilhan , Temiz Duygu , Akyay Zeynep

Introduction: ‘Atypia of undetermined significance/follicular lesion of undetermined significance’ (AUS/FLUS) is a heterogeneous diagnostic thyroid fine needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) category. AUS/FLUS is comprised of cases that cannot be definitively diagnosed as benign, suspicious for/consistent with neoplasm, suspicious for malignancy or malignant. The recommended management strategy for these cases is to perform a repeat FNAB after an appropriate time course. A...