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ea0026p483 | Thyroid cancer | ECE2011

Malignancy rate is not different in dominant nodule and non- dominant nodule by fine needle thyroid aspiration

Yazgan Omer , Halid Besir Fahri , Aydin Yusuf , Yazgan Sibel , Engin Erkan Melih , Yazici Burhan , Buyukkaya Ramazan , Onbas Omer

Objective: Thyroid fine-needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) is the golden standard for approaching thyroid nodule’s malignancy. It is recommended to carry out an FNAB from the dominant nodule in multi nodular goiter. In our study, we compared the FNAB results that we carried out from dominant nodule and any other nodule which have features that may be malignant to US. Besides, the relationship between the results of cytology and US features of nodules has been analyzed.<p...