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ea0014p316 | (1) | ECE2007

Thyroid ultrasonography and ultrasonography-guided fine-needle aspiration biopsy of thyroid nodules in correlation with pathological findings

Poplawska-Kita Anna , Dzieciol Janusz , Lebkowska Urszula , Zonenberg Anna , Kita Arkadiusz , Siewko Katarzyna , Górska Maria

Introduction: Ultrasonography-guided fine-needle aspiration biopsy (ug-FNAB) is recommended as the first and most important step in the management of nodular thyroid disease.Material and methods: We compared the results of ultrasonography examination (US) and the ug-FNAB of the thyroid gland with postoperative histpathological findings in 387 patients with thyroidectomy operated on (61 cytological and 326 clinical indication).Resul...