Endocrine Abstracts

The wide variability of analysis obtained from the fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) of thyroid nodules is attributed to experience differences in their interpretation. It is known that reproducibility is a critical parameter for the clinical usefulness of a diagnostic test. However, interobserver and intraobserver reproducibility of cytological examinations of the thyroid has been very little investigated. We studied 74 patients who underwent FNAC and a thyroidectomy. Th...