Endocrine Abstracts

Fine needle aspiration is used extensively in the diagnostic evaluation of thyroid nodules. However, its diagnostic efficacy may be reduced by non-diagnostic findings. The aim was to study the effect of nodule size on the diagnostic efficacy of ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration biopsy in thyroid nodules.Ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration biopsy was performed in 210 patients with thyroid nodules. Cytology results were compared to nodule size....

Ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration biopsy is used extensively in the diagnostic evaluation of thyroid nodules. However, its diagnostic efficacy is hampered by the presence of non-diagnostic cytology results.The aim was to study the effect of previous thyroxine suppression therapy on the diagnostic efficacy of fine needle aspiration biopsy in thyroid nodules.Ultrasound-guided aspiration biopsy was performed in 45 patients, 31 ...