Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Fine needle aspiration (FNA) is the preferred method for assessing thyroid nodules but concern remains about false negative results. The primary aim of this study was to investigate the malignancy rate in nodules which were initially classified as benign (BTA classification Thy 2). The secondary aim was to look at the distribution of different cytological categories in a large cohort of patients.Methods: We retrospectively examined 719 nodule...