ea0011p787 | Thyroid | ECE2006
Polyzos S
, Kita M
, Goulis DG
, Benos A
, Flaris N
, Leontsini M
, Avramides A
Introduction: Fine Needle Aspiration Biopsy (FNA) is a method widely used in the assessment of thyroid nodules. The main aim of this 18-year retrospective study was the investigation of the diagnostic value of FNA in the approach of thyroid malignancy.Subjects and methods: patients underwent 1938 FNAs from 1987 to 2004 in the Department of Endocrinology, ‘Hippocration’ General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece. 178 of these patients subsequently u...