Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Fine needle aspiration cytology (FNA) is the most accurate diagnostic method for thyroid malignant nodule diagnosis. According to the literature, the percentage of false negative results (FN-FNA) is less than 1.5%, in tertiary health care centers.In this study we describe the cases reported in this Hospital, between 2014 and 2016, of benign cytology, histologically characterized as malignant. All pathologic specimens were reviewed.<p cl...

First TBSRTC editions have made advances in problems of thyroid management. However, the real grey zone ‘AUS/FLUS’ and ‘FN/SFN’categories have been remained to be problematic with the wide range of ROMs documented in the literature alongside two editions. The ROMs of ‘AUS/FLUS’ and ‘FN/SFN’ categories were defined as 5-15% and 15-30% and the management was ‘repeat FNA’ and ‘lobectomy’ -respectively- in the first editi...