Preoperative value of fine needle aspiration cytology in the diagnosis of thyroid nodule
CHEN Juan
TANG Yan
SU Xue-ying
YANG Peng
LI Yun
Abstract：Objective To evaluate the preoperative value of fine needle aspiration cytology in the diagnosis of thyroid nodule.Methods A retrospective review and comparison were performed among 209 consecutive cases of thyroid nodules with FNA cytology and postoperative pathologic diagnosis.Results Among 209 cases,FNAs were 9.1％ unsatisfactory,47.4％ benign,6.7％ AUS/FLUS,6.2％ FN/SFN,11％ suspicious,and 19.6％ malignant.The sensitivity,specificity,accuracy rate,overdiagnosis rate,missed diagnosis rate and misdiagnosis rate of FNA were 88.3％,91.5％,90.5％,8.5％,11.7％ and 9.5％,respectively.Conclusions Fine needle aspiration is a very reliable preoperative diagnostic method with high sensitivity and specificity in identification of benign or malignant thyroid nodules.
Keywords：Thyroid nodulesFine needle aspiration cytologyDiagnosis
Publication Date：2017-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：4( 363-366 )