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ea0022p834 | Thyroid | ECE2010

The accuracy of fine needle aspiration cytology in the tryroid nodule study, in a tertiary hospital

Torres Beatriz Torres , Castro Gonzalo Maldonado , Cucalon Luis Irigoyen , Santaren Blanca Caton , De Diego Julia , Larreina Rafael Ezquerra

Background: Fine Needle Aspiration (FNA) is currently the primary diagnostic procedure in diagnosing thyroid malignancy. The aim of this study was to report our experience with FNA, and its accuracy.Materials and methods: Retrospective analysis of 166 patients who were operated of thyroid nodule in our hospital from 2003 to 2008, all of them had a previous FNA cytology results. There were evaluated some clinical variables and the correlation with final h...