Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Thyroid nodules represent a common cause of specialist consultation, with a risk of malignancy of 4-15%. The most widely used cytopathological method for diagnosing thyroid cancer is fine-needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) of thyroid nodules and the use of the Bethesda system (BS) for cytopathological reporting. We conducted the present study to report our experience using the BS, and to compare the results obtained with this system with the final histopathological ...