The Role of Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology in the Diagnosis of Thyroid Nodule

The Role of Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology in the Diagnosis of Thyroid Nodule

Authors

  • N Hussain
  • M Hussain
  • I A Naveed

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21649/akemu.v8i1.1648

Keywords:

Cytology technique, thyroid nodule.

Abstract

Fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) has gained popularity as an effective diagnostic procedure. This study was carried not to evaluate the efficacy of the technique. One hundred and twelve patients underwent FNAC of thyroid nodules. Nine patients not operated in this study had benign cysts that were aspirated with no recurrence and cytology revealed no malignant cells. One hundred and three patients were operated and biopsy results were compared with cytology findings. The accuracy rate of FNAC was 93%, while sensitivity of this procedure was 98% and specificity was 95% papillary cell carcinoma was found to have higher incidence than follicular carcinoma. This study has shown that FNAC is a good complementary diagnostic procedure.

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Published

08/28/2017

How to Cite

Hussain, N., Hussain, M., & Naveed, I. A. (2017). The Role of Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology in the Diagnosis of Thyroid Nodule. Annals of King Edward Medical University, 8(1). https://doi.org/10.21649/akemu.v8i1.1648

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