Fine needle aspiration cytology diagnoses of follicular thyroid carcinoma: results from a multicenter study in Asia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This study was designed to compare diagnostic categories of thyroid fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) and incidence of thyroid tumors in the multi-institutional Asian series with a special focus on diagnostic category IV (suspicious for a follicular neoplasm) and follicular thyroid carcinomas (FTCs).

Methods

Distribution of FNAC categories, incidence of thyroid tumors in resection specimens and cytologic diagnoses of surgically confirmed follicular adenomas (FAs) and FTCs were collected from 10 institutes from five Asian countries and were compared among countries and between FAs and FTCs.

Results

The frequency of category IV diagnoses (3.0%) in preoperative FNAC were significantly lower compared to those in Western countries (10.1%). When comparing di

SUBMITTER: Na HY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11573475 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature