ea0029p1694 | Thyroid (non-cancer) | ICEECE2012
Roldan P.
, Lopez-Tinoco C.
, Mateo I.
, Larran L.
, Ojeda B.
, Gavilan I.
, Vallejo E.
, Martinez-Parra D.
, Aguilar-Diosdado M.
Background: Fine-needle aspiration (FNA) biopsies are the cornerstone of preoperative evaluation of thyroid nodules, but FNA diagnostic performance has varied across different studies. We conducted a study to evaluate the effectiveness of ultrasound guided FNA in the thyroid nodule and to review the correlation between cytopathology and histopathology.Methods: Prospective FNAs were collected from 511 patients who underwent a ultrasound guided FNA between...