Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: The fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) of thyroid nodules is the procedure of choice in the diagnostic approach of nodular thyroid disease. Despite showing a sensitivity of 83% and a specificity of 92%, many of the results are non-diagnostic. One of the factors that can contribute to this number is the proper procedure of the smear.Objective: To compare the FNAC’s results in our team with and without the contribution of an expert C...