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Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology Of Thyroid Nodule: Diagnostic Accuracy And Pitfalls, Saeed A. Mahar, Akhtar Husain, Najmul Islam
Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology Of Thyroid Nodule: Diagnostic Accuracy And Pitfalls, Saeed A. Mahar, Akhtar Husain, Najmul Islam
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Background: To evaluate the utility of FNAC in patients with Thyroid Nodule.
Methods: Records of all patients treated surgically for thyroid nodule(s) at Aga Khan University Hospital from January 2000 to December 2004 were reviewed. The patients who had pre operative FNAC as first line of the evaluation and the final post operative histopathology report available were included in the study.
Results: 125 patients (90 female 35 male) had thyroid surgery. The cytological diagnosis was made according to following categories: Benign, Follicular lesion, Malignant and Inadequate sampling. Among 63 "Benign cases", 57 were benign and 6 turned out …