Clinical application of ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration biopsy in the diagnosis of suspected malignant thyroid nodules
DENG Lili
WANG Yining
FAN Hua
HU Lijia
YANG Ji
ZHANG Min
TANG Rong
Abstract：Objective To evaluate the vlalue of ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration biopsy (US-FNAB) in the diagnosis of benign and malignant thyroid nodules. Methods The clinical data of 83 patients with benign and malignant thyroid nodules (113 nodules) examined by US-FNAB were analyzed and processed. Results The sensitivity, specificity and accuracy of US-FNAB in the diagnosis of thyroid malignant nodules were 93.94％ (62/66), 87.23％ (41/47) and 91.15％ (103/113); the sensitivity, specificity and accuracy of US-FNAB in the diagnosis of thyroid malignant nodules ＜10 cm were 94.12％ (48/51), 89.47％ (34/38), 92.13％ (82/89); and the sensitivity, specificity and accuracy of US-FNAB in the diagnosis of thyroid malignant nodules (＞1.0 cm) were 94.12％ (48/51), 89.47％ (34/38). The specificity and accuracy were 93.33％ (14/15), 77.78％ (7/9) and 87.50％ (21/24). There was no significant difference in diagnostic value between the two groups (P＞0.05). Conclusion US-FNAB is simple, convenient, inexpensive and accurate in the diagnosis of benign and malignant thyroid nodules.
Keywords：UitrasonographyFine needle biopsyThyroid nodules
Publication Date：2019-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：4( 210-213 )