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ea0029p1834 | Thyroid cancer | ICEECE2012

Malignancy rate of thyroid nodules which defined as follicular lesion of undetermined significance in thyroid cytopathology

Cuhaci N. , Ucler R. , Arpaci D. , Akbaba S. , Yalcin S. , Kiyak G. , Guler G. , Ersoy R. , Cakir B.

Objective: In the Bethesda classification (BC), which is used in cytopathologic evaluation of thyroid nodules, follicular lesion of undetermined significance (FLUS) does not involve sufficient cellular atypia for follicular neoplasia or malignancy, while it doesn’t comprise the cytologic benign criteria. Therefore, there is no consensus for those nodules to follow-up and therapeutic approaches. In this study, we aimed to determine the ultrasonographic features and histopa...