Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Thyroid autoimmunity has been associated with the diagnosis of differentiated thyroid (DTC) cancer in surgical series. However, this finding has not been consistent in Fine Needle Aspiration Biopsy (FNAB) cytology series.Aim: We aimed to investigate the association between thyroid autoimmunity and DTC in patients who underwent ultrasound-guided FNAB.Methods: A retrospective analysis of patients who had undergone ultra...

Introduction: Thyroid sonography has become the first line diagnostic procedure for thyroid nodules. The characterization of specific sonografic patterns associated with high risk of malignancy has enabled physicians to determine which nodules are more likely to be malignant and thus merit further evaluation.Aim: We investigated whether the ultrasonographic nodule characteristics proposed in the literature were able to predict cytology findings after ult...

Aim: Ultrasound-guided Fine Needle Aspiration Biopsy (USg-FNAB) is the most accurate modality for distinguishing malignant or possibly malignant from benign thyroid nodules. However, a certain amount of specimens turn out to be non-diagnostic or inadequate. Several factors contribute to this outcome such as the examiner’s experience, characteristics of the nodule and patient’s compliance. Understanding these factors could contribute to reduction of non-diagnostic res...